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title: "How COMPUTE! Readers Use Their Computers"
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published_at: "2020-10-27T17:08:10+00:00"
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excerpt: "John Crum of Auburn, WA, started with a ZX-81. Peter Lobl, a tenth grader in Lindenhurst, NY, started with a ZX-80."
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# How COMPUTE! Readers Use Their Computers

John Crum of Auburn, WA, started with a ZX-81. Peter Lobl, a tenth grader in Lindenhurst, NY, started with a ZX-80.