27 Sep
2021
27 Sep
'21
8:24 p.m.
On 2021-09-27 5:38 a.m., Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
On 9/26/21 9:05 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
Commodore in the USA/CANADA was often pressed into service for a cheap
text video overlay for broadcast TV. Was that TV overlay ever used in
the UK or Europe?
Ben.
I found this interesting for perspective. The
British media (and
AFAICS of Australia, New Zealand and several bits of Europe) have been
saturated with coverage of a much-loved, widely-celebrated and revered
hero of tech.
As FC points out, even the American _tech_ media barely noticed.
From the other side of that, growing up in the UK, nobody I knew talked
about Apple or Atari, and Commodore was only on the radar because of the
C64's capability as a games machine (and later the Amiga) - I don't
think I even saw a PET prior to 2005, although I know there were a few
infestations of them here and there :-)