14 Oct
1997
14 Oct
'97
6:30 p.m.
At 10:11 PM 10/13/97 +0000, you wrote:
OK, even if it is the second (third, etc.) most sold
computer in the
world it is still one of the most popular ever produced and it does not
excuse the complete lack of interest that it gets in the States. USA is
There is no excuse needed. People buy/use/collect what they know. Here in
the US, we know about C64's and such. People in the states don't collect
british coinage much either. They collect what they know.
Thanks to the net, however, we can find out more about other
computers/countries easily.
By all means, tell us about Spectrums, and why we should think they're
better than commodores. Sinclair certainly didn't bother to tell us about
them. In exchange, we'll be happy to tell you about US computers you may
not have heard of.
NOT the centre of the world, you know. Spectrum clones
have been
Actually, for me anyway, it is. I live here.
(and, btw, probably for the VCF, which, coincidentally, is taking place in
the US.)
(But next year, I'll probably be travelling to the UK for Billing '98 (the
50th) when I'll pick up some Sinclairs!)
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