15 Jun
2004
15 Jun
'04
6:02 a.m.
Hi,
Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> said:
I don't know how many households had a home
computer in the 80's and
early 90's in the UK, but my meory is that it was a lot, at least
amongst those families who had children.
Certainly enough to support a substantial home-grown industry, as well
as a dozen or so magazines. Sinclair, Amstrad, BBC, Tatung, Oric were
all fairly big sellers in the home market as well as more international
makes like Atari and Amiga. IBM-type PCs were rare in UK homes until
the early '90s.
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