22 Jan
2007
22 Jan
'07
2:38 a.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
That depends on location, of course.
In the UK the PC "revolution" happened very late, partly because the spec of
the home-grown machines that the PC was intended to replace was so good, and
partly due to the country having been hit by several years of recession -
people just weren't interested in buying new machines when what they already
had did the job.
Back in '86 on the UK side I bet there weren't many people using IBM systems
for the kind of market the MSX was aimed at, although they were likely
starting to make inroads with big businesses - probably largely off the back
of the IBM name rather than for reasons of cost saving or real functionality.
cheers
Jules
I doubt too
many homies were buying 286s in 85-6.
I would agree for 83-84