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I'm in the US and most people I know of was Commodore based. I prefer "Fire in the Valley" and "the Home Computer Wars".
by oldnetguy 4y ago
I'm in the US and most people I know of was Commodore based.
I prefer "Fire in the Valley" and "the Home Computer Wars".
- JKCalhoun 4y agoI was in the U.S. as well — but the Commodore wave came several years after the Apple II wave. So I suppose it depends on when you are talking about. Before Commodore, when it Apple II ruled the roost, only the wealthier families I knew had computers at home. The 64 and Vic-20 is when my more working-class friend's families started getting a personal computer. (I could afford neither, instead going in after school to use the Apple II's they had at my high school.)
- oldnetguy 4y agoI'm from New York City and the computers in the schools were TRS-80s. The idea that Apple was everything is not accurate. Remember you had PETs, S100, SS50 and other computers out there. Personally I think the real transition to personal computing happened later when non wealthy families started to get them.