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   -=> On 03-25-22 08:08, Ron Lauzon wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    -=> Tony Langdon wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    TL> I never had one myself, but the TRS-80 did look nice in its day.  I   
    TL> first saw one in a brochure around 1978.   
      
    RL> For a 13 year old geek, it was wonderful.   
      
   I was about 10 when I saw that brochure. :)   
      
    RL> My dad was an 8th grade science teacher.  One year he found a TRS-80   
    RL> Model I Level I that the PTA had bought the school.  He learned to use   
    RL> it, had it upgraded to Level II and bought it home for the summer -   
    RL> where I pretty much commandeered it.   
      
    RL> One summer teaching myself BASIC on a 16K computer with only the   
    RL> manuals and some example programs started a whole career in Computer   
    RL> Science for me.   
      
   I tinkered with various 8 bit computers in my teenage years, but it never led   
   to a career - while I had the aptitude, it didn't completely agree with me   
   mental health wise, so computers became a tool and a hobby, where I could pace   
   myself appropriately.   
      
      
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