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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/195 to ED VANCE on Saturday, January 24, 2026 09:38:42
    I remember when the stores has TI 99/44.
    I played with one once to find out to get IT to print my name I had to press a
    Function Key with the p key for my name to appear on the monitor screen.

    When I was young, they would have computers out for demo at places like
    KMart and Aire-Way. I don't remember which brands... like Commodore or TI... and have things running. I would always want to stop and play with them. I think my parents, when I was with them, probably got to where they avoided the electronics area if at all possible. ;)

    Mike

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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to Mike Powell on Saturday, January 24, 2026 15:21:45


    When I was young, they would have computers out for demo at places like
    KMart and Aire-Way. I don't remember which brands... like Commodore or TI... and have things running. I would always want to stop and play with them. I think my parents, when I was with them, probably got to where they avoided the electronics area if at all possible. ;)

    Mike

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    Mike, That is what Iremember too
    My wife would go to another section of a store while I played with Commodore Vic 20 and C=64, the TI and Atari 400 and 800 pcs.
    I even went to the Apple Store on Bardstown Road to look at Apple II and MacIntosh pcs
    I learned that the Macs did not have BASIC on tham.
    BASIC costs over $200.00 USD to put on the Macs, so I wasn't interested in it The Apple II cost $800.00+++ with 80 Column Card.
    The Atari's I played with acted like a dumb terminal (I didn't know then that a BASIC Cartridge needed to be plugged inthe slot to use BASIC.

    So I decided on the C64.
    Learning how to use it caused me to make up the saying:
    Here On Earth Computers Alway Win Because They Have Inside Information.

    Ed
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