Hi,
Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk> said:
> I don't know how many households had a home computer in the 80's and
> early 90's in the UK, but my meory is that it was a lot, at least
> amongst those families who had children.
>
Certainly enough to support a substantial home-grown industry, as well
as a dozen or so magazines. Sinclair, Amstrad, BBC, Tatung, Oric were
all fairly big sellers in the home market as well as more international
makes like Atari and Amiga. IBM-type PCs were rare in UK homes until
the early '90s.
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
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Received on Tue Jun 15 2004 - 13:02:53 BST