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I 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
by dcminter 5y ago
I 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.