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     Re: Re: Computers In Stores   
     By: MIKE POWELL to KURT WEISKE on Tue Jan 27 2026 08:36:00   
      
    >> 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 would've loved to been able to attend one of those.  They were legendary.    
   The only computer show I've been to was in '78 at the Renaissance Center in   
   Detroit, but what a show!  Everybody was there; Commodore, Apple, Atari, Radio   
   Shack, Cromemco, Processor Technology and lots more.  There were even   
   mini-computer dealers there.  Of course there were software vendors, computer   
   mag reps, peripheral dealers...I was enthralled.  It was there I learned there   
   were computer stores in my area, which I patronized endlessly.   
      
   That was a great day.   
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