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Favourite home computer of the 1980s?

posted 9 years ago by Thor-Delta
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There were a lot of home computers during the 1980s.

Just off the top of my head, these included: ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Sinclair QL, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, BBC Micro, Acorn Atom, Acorn Electron, the MSX range, Jupiter Ace, Colour Genie, Atari's 8-bit range (not their consoles), Dragon 32, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore PET, Commodore 16, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Newbrain, Lynx (not the handheld), TI 99/4A, Sord M5, Tandy TRS-80, Mattel Aquarius, PC, Macintosh, Sega SC-3000H (yeah, Sega did a computer), Apple 2, Micro Bee, and many others.

Of all the home computers of the 1980s, which is your favourite?

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[–] Patricia91 9 years ago

Commodore 16
Later I got a Commodore 64.

[–] Thor-Delta 9 years ago

Cool. I recently acquired a working Commodore 16. Cute computer.

Commodore 16 didn't make much impact in the US, but it was popular in parts of western Europe. It was also the first American computer to become a success in an eastern European country (Hungary).

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[–] Tastentier 9 years ago

The Amiga 500 was the greatest home computer of all times, hands down. But it only became available in the late 1980s, and I couldn't afford one until the early 90s, so I'm going to have to go with the C-64.

[–] IcingOnTheCake 9 years ago

Adam

[–] carfan2-138-379844 9 years ago

C64 and later a 128D that I still have and still use to this day. LOAD"$",8,1 forever. LOL

[–] decamefo 9 years ago

I just remember the Apple II. I played some cool games on that!

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 9 years ago

The Apple II was the first computer I ever used (in school), and when I got to middle school it was the model we used in computer class; the IIe to be specific.

I can vividly remember typing line after line after line of code so that I could get some sort of text to zig-zag across the screen or some other feat of techno magic.

And I also remember with great fondness games like Oregon Trail and Swashbuckler.

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[–] drunkbear 8 years ago

I KNEW I wasn't the only one who remembered that Coleco Adam! I didn't have one, though I did have a Colecovision.

Did you own an Adam? I was under the impression that they only ever made a handful, before the Coleco Collapso.

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