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Yeh but we could have just easily as put ZX Spectrums into schools and had twice as many As far as I can remember my school didn't have BBC Micro's we had Comm
by youngtaff 6y ago
Yeh but we could have just easily as put ZX Spectrums into schools and had twice as many
As far as I can remember my school didn't have BBC Micro's we had Commodore Pets when I was doing O levels
Not sure why we didn't have any BBCs though
- hnlmorg 6y agoSinclair wasn’t interesting in targeting that demographic, which is part of the reason Chris Curry left Sinclair to found Acorn. And you can see the difference in the build quality of machines like the ZX vs the BBC Micro. I’m really not convinced ZX Spectrums would have lasted long with a school of, often unmonitored, children banging away at the computer. Not to mention that the BBC Micro came with a proper monitor. Granted home users could get away with plugging their computer into the TV but buying a TV for their computer would have been an extra cost for schools. Commodore PET is a few years older than the BBC Micro so that might be why your school has then instead?