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Funny how the ad compares the C64 only with machines that actually cost more than twice back in '82, and conveniently neglects to compare it with the ZX Spectru
by utopcell 1y ago
Funny how the ad compares the C64 only with machines that actually cost more than twice back in '82, and conveniently neglects to compare it with the ZX Spectrum, a clearly better machine, which was released earlier and cost less than a third of the C64.
- UncleSlacky 1y agoIt was a US-only ad (hence the dollar pricing), the Spectrum was (AFAIK) never sold in the US, only the sort-of-compatible Timex-Sinclair 2068: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_2068 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_2068
- utopcell 1y agoThe 2068 was also a sub-$200 machine, though it was only released in '83 [1]. [1] https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-12/page/n281 https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-12/page/n281
- chgs 1y agoAmerican only buys things with American flags on (usually made in China). A non American operation breaking into the American market is far harder than the other way round, and relays on a lot of experience with how to market to Americans.
- TacticalCoder 1y ago[dead]