mirrorbird(01:55:21)
you could get more powerful stuff with nicer graphics, but at that time, i think people just wanted to play with a computer
silencer(01:55:15)
I didn't know about Sam! I'm making notes, I'll read about it
mirrorbird(01:55:03)
yeah the Speccy was huge here, it was VERY cheap, so people who had heard about computers, "what are these things? will we have them in our homes?" -- it was a good choice.
mirrorbird(01:54:33)
(that was talking about Sam) -- now i see your question
mirrorbird(01:54:24)
actually cool and interesting machine, but it was very underpowered for its release time
silencer(01:54:19)
spectrum seems to have been really popular there, right?
mirrorbird(01:54:12)
if you don't know what a Sam Coupé is: it's a computer based on the Spectrum, that was released about 1989, and it got about 12 users total. (because the Atari ST was already better)
silencer(01:54:00)
yeah, I can't wait for it to get here. It came from the Uk!