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I thought that too but on reflection not so sure. The leading computer magazine in the U.K. was ‘Personal Computer World’ and although microcomputer was probabl
by klelatti 5y ago
I thought that too but on reflection not so sure. The leading computer magazine in the U.K. was ‘Personal Computer World’ and although microcomputer was probably more commonly used I think PC was also used too.
Of course the use of PC to denote IBM PC compatibles really only became common in the mid 1980s although - perhaps surprisingly - the IBM PC launched before the Spectrum.
- dcminter 5y agoI don't think the speccy was ever commonly referred to as a "PC" - "home computer" was the pervasive term. PCW was much more business focused from what I recall.
- klelatti 5y agoJust Googled early ads for the Spectrum and the first one on Google calls it a personal computer. https://imgur.com/gallery/58TeAKT https://imgur.com/gallery/58TeAKT There might have been a degree of ‘upselling’ on Sinclair’s part though! Also agreed that the ‘PC’ abbreviation would have been relatively uncommon. PCW covered everything! They had all the Sinclairs on the cover as well as heavyweight business machines. Even had a regular assembly language column.
- 83457 5y agoThat's "personal computer", not "Personal Computer" as in PC. I'm sure many company executives before electricity had their own "personal computers", whether mechanical or meat.