I liked the Atari's, I think that if they had developed a semi-reliable floppy system for them eariler, that they would have really taken off. They would have had it all then, color, sound, cartridges, and floppys! My friend had an 800, and had terrible times with getting cassettes to load reliably on his. He even had the atari tape dive for it.

My high school teacher ended up useing me as an unpaid TA to go around and help teach the others in the class basic at the computers. We had some that just weren't getting it and he was sorely pressed for time with getting to everyone. I'll never forget Mr. Hendrix. He was quite a teacher, and a good friend.