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> When I was young, they would have computers out for demo at places like
> KMart and Aire-Way.  I don't remember which brands... like Commodore or TI...
> and have things running.  I would always want to stop and play with them.  I
> think my parents, when I was with them, probably got to where they avoided
> the electronics area if at all possible.  ;)

> Mike

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Mike, That is what Iremember too 
My wife would go to another section of a store while I played with Commodore
Vic 20 and C=64, the TI  and Atari 400 and 800 pcs.
I even went to the Apple Store on Bardstown Road to look at Apple II and
MacIntosh pcs 
I learned that the Macs did not have BASIC on tham.
BASIC costs over $200.00 USD to put on the Macs, so I wasn't interested in it
The Apple II cost $800.00+++ with 80 Column Card.
The Atari's I played with acted like a dumb terminal (I didn't know then that a
BASIC Cartridge needed to be plugged inthe slot to use BASIC.

So I decided on the C64.
Learning how to use it caused me to make up the saying:
Here On Earth Computers Alway Win Because They Have Inside Information.

Ed
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