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   >  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.   
       
   I never had any experience with computer faires when I was a kid.  When I   
   got older, it seems that those experiences were more about meeting   
   consultants and contractors vs. seeing any equipment.  :(   
       
   I do remember at some point as a kid taking a "field trip" to somewhere   
   and those of us that went got to play with a Tandy TRS-80 (???).  Aside   
   from just playing with them at the store, I think that was my first real   
   eye-opening experience... they actually had us type up some small basic   
   programs and run them.   
       
   I remember later being disappointed that the programs didn't work on my   
   TI.  If I had been older, I probably could have figured out the syntax   
   differences and got it working.   
       
   Mike   
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