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|    Kurt Weiske to MIKE POWELL    |
|    Re: Computers In Stores    |
|    29 Jan 26 10:36:03    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 23671.memories@1:218/700 2de13b0a       REPLY: 63.memories@1:2320/195 2dde5db3       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Win32 master/4fa2ba380 Dec 13 2025 MSC 1944       TID: SBBSecho 3.33-Win32 master/4fa2ba380 Dec 13 2025 MSC 1944       BBSID: REALITY       CHRS: CP437 2       FORMAT: flowed       -=> MIKE POWELL wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-               MP> I do remember at some point as a kid taking a "field trip" to somewhere        MP> and those of us that went got to play with a Tandy TRS-80 (???). Aside        MP> from just playing with them at the store, I think that was my first        MP> real eye-opening experience... they actually had us type up some small        MP> basic programs and run them.               I remember going to a ComputerLand store in Palo Alto and seeing an        Apple III, one of the high-end TRS-80s, an HP workstation and an        Osborne 1, and wanting them all. :)                                                  --- MultiMail/Win v0.52        * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187       SEEN-BY: 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 700 810       SEEN-BY: 218/840 860 880 226/30 227/114 229/110 134 206 300 317 400       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 292/854 301/1       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26       SEEN-BY: 5075/35       PATH: 218/700 229/426           |
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