A short history of the TEAM workshops is presented, with emphasis on the first two rounds of workshops and the recent workshops in Berlin and Okayama, New problems provide benchmarks for new applications and interests, but old problems continue to provide benchmarks for new methods and approaches. There is a trend toward solving more and more complicated problems on personal computers (PC). Problem 8 (a slot in a conducting plate) has been solved on a PC using the eddy current code ELEKTRA.