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===Early interest in computers===

According to the ''[[New Ross Standard]]'', a local paper in O'Brien's home county, his interest in computers began when his primary school started offering a computer course. O'Brien's father gave him livestock as payment for doing chores on the farm, which he sold in order to purchase an [[Amstrad]] personal computer<ref name="nrs"/> at age nine, around 1984.<ref name="it1"/>

Other sources indicate that his interest began when he was 14 when his parents bought him a computer.<ref name="irishcentral1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/New-CBS-show-to-air-about-Wexford-born-genius-Walter-OBrien.html|title=Wexford-born genius Walter O'Brien chats about the new CBS show on his life|last=Hertz|first=Kayla|date=17 September 2014|work=IrishCentral|access-date=14 April 2015}}</ref>