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| Formation | 1977 |
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| Founder | David Fox, Annie Fox |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | Public access microcomputer center, computer education |
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Opened in 1977 in Marin County, California, the Marin Computer Center was the world's first public access microcomputer center. The non-profit company was co-created by David Fox (later to become one of Lucasfilm Games' founding members) and 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.
