Man, such news makes me feel old, lol.
Seems like just yesterday I saw a computer for the first time, a buddy had a brand new VIC 20 with the Datasette and I figured it was the best thing since sliced bread. Up until then I'd only really played with the Pong box my folks had and the Atari 2600 I got for a Christmas gift as a kid. I never did get a VIC or C64 when they were new, I got an Atari 800 XL as my first system and hated every moment of it until I got my A3000 and the computing world drastically changed for me.
Happy Birthday, old girl!
