> In those days, parties were much more varied than
they are now.
 > The first time that I played Adventure (see! we don't know how to stay
 > off-topic!), the first time that I saw an 8080 or Z80, my first hands-on
 > with S100, flight simulator (pre-release?) on an Apple, were all at
 > parties in the San Francisco area in the mid to late 1970s. 
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
  Ah, right... Souns a bit like a certain event I attend
once a month. 
In the 60s, and even the 70s, there were such parties every night, if you
were so inclined.