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0 pointschabska1mo ago0 comments

A quick google query says 15% of US households own a personal computer in 1989.

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ErroneousBosh1mo ago· 2 in thread

Okay, well, it was far more than that in the UK and Europe.

I suppose it's a bit like television, it would have been more popular where it was invented.

Around 5 million ZX Spectrums were sold between 1982 and 1992. If all were sold in the UK (they weren’t), that would put the penetration around 25% based on the number of households in 1990.

ErroneousBosh1mo ago

One specific model of ZX Spectrum, which is one specific make and model of home computer.

Did you live in the UK in the 1980s?

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