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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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