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From: wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Remember when?
Message-ID: <Feb.2.20.38.29.1990.18138@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 3 Feb 90 01:38:34 GMT
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>I just wanted to ramble about the good 'ol days.
>
>				Anthony E. Wright

Just some more rambling...I still think one of the best decisions I
ever made was sacing up my allowance back in 1981 to go out and buy
(at a GREAT price) a 400 and program recorder for $400. This led to
a $250 disk drive 2 years later, and a 800xl for $150 a year or so
after that. Latest aquisitions were a $35 256k 800xl and a $50 4th
USDoubled disk drive. Back in '81 I could walk into just about ANY
store and find software for my machine. Today...well, you still find
PD and shareware now and then on BBS'. I've seriously thought about
giving up on the 8 bit a few times over the past few years, but always
end up asking myself "WHY?". After all this time, it still gets the
job done...


			-Ray