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   Kurt Weiske to MIKE POWELL   
   Re: Computers In Stores   
   29 Jan 26 10:36:03   
   
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   -=> 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.   :)   
      
      
      
      
      
       
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