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Re:Al Alcorn, creator of Pong, explains the NTSC color graph... by TMWNN on Thursday April 30, 2020 @02:04PM (#23033955)
The University of California system did not charge tuition for in-state students until 1970.

https://www.dailycal.org/2014/12/22/history-uc-tuition-since...

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Re:Al Alcorn, creator of Pong, explains the NTSC color graph... by clashandcarry on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:27PM (#23038522)
It was a "registration fee" as the UC system was intended to be tuition free The UC system stayed free of the word tuition that way.
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