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[[VM (operating system)|Opened]] in 1977 in [[Marin County, California]], the '''Marin Computer Center''' was the world's first [[public computer|public access]] [[microcomputer]] center.  The non-profit company was co-created by [[David Fox (game designer)|David Fox]] (later to become one of [[Lucasfilm Games]]' founding members) and author [[Annie Fox (author)|Annie Fox]].

MCC (as it was known) initially featured the [[Atari 2600]], an Equinox 100, 9 [[Processor Technology]] Sol 20 computers ([[S-100 bus]] systems), the Radio Shack Model I and the [[Commodore PET]]. In addition to providing computer access to the public it had classes on the [[programming language]] [[BASIC]]. Later, it added [[Apple II]] and [[Atari 8-bit computers]], for a total of about 40 systems.

The Foxes left MCC in 1981, turning it over to new management, and later to the teens and young adults who helped run it.

==See also==
* [[Public computer]]

==External links==
*[http://digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/peoples-computer/peoples-1978-nov-dec/marin-computer-center.html Marin Computer Center in People's Computers, Nov-Dec 1978]
*[http://www.electriceggplant.com/you_want_to_open_a_what.html You Want to Open a What? - Article from Creative Computing, November 1984]
*[http://www.ElectricEggplant.com Electric Eggplant]
*[https://archive.org/details/marin-computer-center-info-trifold-1981-02 Scan of 1981 advertisement for Marin Computer Center]

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Marin County, California]]
[[Category:History of computing]]


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