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The Apple II was really mostly a US thing. It was more of the higher end of the home computer market. Having a Spectrum makes me think you are from the UK. The
by jhbadger 10y ago
The Apple II was really mostly a US thing. It was more of the higher end of the home computer market. Having a Spectrum makes me think you are from the UK. The BBC micro was basically the Apple ][ equivalent there. I'm from the US and actually had a Franklin Ace 1000 (a cheap Apple II clone that was sued out of existence by Apple) growing up
- cannam 10y agoYep, I'm from the UK. And it may have had to do with exchange rates, but I think even the BBC Micro (£400 then, £1300 in today's money) was only about half the price of the Apple II. Though I can't seem to find a good source for the UK selling price of Apples back then. (I'm fairly sure the Franklin Ace was available over here as well; at least it appeared in listings at the back of computer mags I used to get. I never saw one and, at the time, never registered that it was an Apple clone.)