Your Name wrote on 23. January 2016:   
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   > In article <87mvrwm4i0.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach   
   >  wrote:   
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   >> Learning about "new" (old in fact) home computers from the 70s and 80s   
   >> many could in fact "auto boot". Too bad the Commodore 64 was not among them.   
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   > Of course it probably depends on what "Atari" you're talking about too.   
      
   To be fair, the 8-bit family (400, 800) of Atari   
   .   
      
   AFAIK even the Apple II (1977) could autoboot from floppy. That was 5   
   years before the Commodore 64 was introduced. In that time frame of the   
   late 70s to mid 80s, 5 years are generations.   
      
   Because my first computer was a Commodore 64 booting manually was just   
   the way it was supposed to be. Never dealt with other home computers   
   until much later. For example I saw the first Amiga in 1986. That was the   
   first computer I knew being able to autoboot.   
      
   > The C64 did have the ability to "auto-run" from a cartridge plugged in.   
      
   But others could autoboot when just a floppy was inserted prior power-on.   
   --   
   Andreas   
      
   I use a Unix based operating system, which means I get laid almost as often   
   as I have to reboot my computer.   
      
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