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-=> MIKE POWELL wrote to ED VANCE <=-

 MP> I don't think I ever got a chance to play with an Atari, aside from the
 MP> video game consoles - i.e. not their "computers."  I did poke around on
 MP> a VIC-20 some, but IIRC the C-64 and TI were probably the two I got to
 MP> play with the most.

My first eye-opening experienc was at the West Coast Computer Faire,
probably 1978 or 1979. There was an Atari 800 running Star Raiders,
never went for Atari, though - my school had Commodore PETs, and I ended
up going with a Commodore 64 later.

 
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