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- ME AND MY COMMODORE
- by Randy Harris
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- In 1976 in high school, I was
- introduced to the world of computers
- using a teletype terminal. Playing
- text based games on that hooked me on
- computers.
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- In Nov. of 1982, right after the
- C-64 came out, I was introduced to the
- C-64 by a maintenance engineer. He and
- his friends had compared several of
- the computer brands and models and
- concluded that the C-64 was the best
- buy. After tape loading several games
- (eg. Monopole), I was hooked! I began
- saving my money and finally had my own
- a year later. Being a fan of the video
- game Donkey Kong, that was my first
- software purchase when I bought the
- C-64. Since the C-64 version of DK was
- better than any other emulation of the
- original, the C-64 was the obvious
- choice for me.
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- While I bought it for the games, I
- was immediately learning to program in
- BASIC.
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- Adding a printer, EasyScript and
- Superbase turned it into a real-world
- workhorse for my church. When I became
- treasurer in 1984, Vizastar made my
- new SX-64 a lean mean Lotus 1-2-3-like
- machine.
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- In 1992 I joined SWRAP which
- enhanced my C= computing 10 times with
- the aid of fellow Commodore friends.
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- My system was eventually replaced
- with a 128D running GEOS with a
- PostScript printer in 1992. Wheels and
- all the CMD goodies made it a 'Super'
- computer all the way up to today.
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