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         ME AND MY COMMODORE
           by Willis Patten


    My first computer was a Commodore
VIC-20. I loved it like an extension
of myself, my soul, my inner being. It
could do amazing things, and I was
easily sold on it. But the biggest
drawback of it was, of course, its
lack of memory to draw on. Yes, you
could get an expansion cartridge to
enable it to possess a whopping 32K! I
sometimes wonder if they could have
come up with a cartridge to expand it
memory to 128K, but probably not. Only
the brainy guys know that.

    I remember, as many early
computerists probably do, that it was
a thing of contension with my better
half, because she got weary of me
responding to her call for dinner or
supper with: "Just a minute, honey, I
am in the middle of something."

    O yes, I remember my VIC-20, and I
loved it. It opened up a whole new
world for me. And when my wife agreed
with the persuasive help of a
wonderful Aunt, to buy me a C128, I
was REALLY elated! I loved it even
more than the Vic-20 from the very
start, because it was so user
friendly. It had more speed, more RAM,
more potentials, and was three
computers in one to challenge me.

    But of the three modes, I loved
the C128 mode the most and foremost. I
did much of the printing related to
church work on my C128 with GEOS and
my trusty Commodore 801 and later 803
dot mattrix printers. I did the church
bulletins, church newsletter, flyers,
3-5 line banners, church
correspondence, several spreadsheet
reports, and ministerial reports to
the quarterly conference meetings with
the district superintendent. I was
proud of my C128 far more than my
first door-opening Commodore VIC-20.

    But some of my favorite programs
were admittedly in 64 mode, such as
Print Shop, Print Master, Print Power,
etc. I never got much into games, but
there were times as a minister that a
game was a good diversion for me.

 WP