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Mag program write and read4/3/2023 And I loved it, not so much for playing the cartridge version of Star Raiders (though I did that, too) but because the machine opened the door to BASIC code and to writing one's own programs. My first computer was an Atari 600XL, a 16KB model with a cartridge slot and no disk drive which my parents suffered through a high-pressure time share sales pitch to obtain for me. First encounter: COMPUTE! magazine and its glorious, tedious type-in code.First encounter: Ohio Challenger 2P (and its 4KB of RAM).This piece originally ran on December 28, 2012, and it appears unchanged below. You may not be able to browse COMPUTE! on your couch today, but you can read how it forever shaped Ars Deputy Editor Nate Anderson. A day like today is perfect for the type of stuff found in our old "First Encounter" series, which revisited moments when an Ars staffer first came across some new bit of tech that would eventually change their lives. Update: It's the last day of Thanksgiving weekend in the US, and our staff is enjoying one final bit of rest before taking on that stretch of work from now 'til the winter holiday season.
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