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It was 1981. I wanted an Atari 2600. My father bought be an Atari 400 instead. It didn't have the extensive game library but it did have better graphics, and you could write programs on it (Atari Basic). There were monthly magazines with programs you had to type in yourself (no floppy disks yet, just cassette storage). It was pretty easy to learn how things worked as you went, and some other reference books with additional details for new-to-me processes.