In San Diego, in 1987, I attended college using Pell grants from the US government because my family was considered below the poverty line. They provided enough money to cover tuition, books, and room and board, but I lived at home and used the room-and-board money to buy an IBM PC AT clone.

This was not my first personal computer, but it was the first that literally has "Personal Computer" in the name, and is more than ten years prior to your claim.