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From: Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 04:26:54PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Danny Horne wrote:
> > Oooohh!!  Those model numbers bring back memories!!
> > 
> > I remember drooling over the first Commodore Pet (the one with the
> > rectangular keyboard) in one of the many computer shops that were springing
> > up at the time.
> 
> Drool away, buddy!  Here's mine, and it still works (chicklet
> keyboard, built in cassette drive, metal filing cabinet company
> case,40 character B&W monitor, and all):
> 
> 	PET 2001-8
> 	SN: 0031620
> 
> I have some of the original flyers for the PET and CBM boxes,
> as well as the yellow folded 4 page 8x11" "BASIC Reference"
> sheet, too...
> 
> "Space Invaders" Anyone?  8-) 8-)
> 
> > If anyone's interested, I've got a 2nd edition of Nick Hampshire's 'The Pet
> > Revealed'
> 
> Now that's tempting....
> 

Heh. And 386's seem ancient to me. I really *was* born 10 years too
late.

-- 
Munish Chopra

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