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Posted September 17, 2021
I loved ZX Spectrum games, especially Dizzy series and Myth: History in the Making and played installed my favorite games long after that on my PC through emulator. Rest in peace.
Posted September 17, 2021
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Gudadantza: Without any fear to be mistaken, this guy designed, for the first time, an affordable, domestic, and easy to manage microcomputer that popularized the computing and programming in the minds of an european generation. Something similar to what the Apple II did in America
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eric5h5: It was really more the C64, which was far cheaper, was more accessible by being sold in department stores rather than only in computer stores, and remains the best-selling single computer model ever. ZX Spectrum is #3 (and Timex Sinclair 1000 is #10, good job getting on the list twice!). Apple II is #4. (Modern computer models aren't usually sold for much more than a year and therefore have no chance to get on the list.)
And #2? I guess, it was an Atari, right?
Posted September 17, 2021
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eric5h5: It was really more the C64, which was far cheaper, was more accessible by being sold in department stores rather than only in computer stores, and remains the best-selling single computer model ever. ZX Spectrum is #3 (and Timex Sinclair 1000 is #10, good job getting on the list twice!). Apple II is #4. (Modern computer models aren't usually sold for much more than a year and therefore have no chance to get on the list.)
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Maxvorstadt: And #2? I guess, it was an Atari, right?
As I suspected It was the IBM PC.

If the list is accurate the 10 most sold computers in history were:

1 - Commodore 64
2 - IBM PC
3 - ZX Spectrum
4 - Apple II
5 - Commodore Amiga
6 - iMac
7 - NEC PC-98
8 - MSX
9 - Tandy TRS-80
10 - Timex Sinclair 1000

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/10-most-popular-computers-in-history.htm
Post edited September 17, 2021 by Gudadantza
Posted September 17, 2021
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Maxvorstadt: And #2? I guess, it was an Atari, right?
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Gudadantza: As I suspected It was the IBM PC.

If the list is accurate the 10 most sold computers in history were:

1 - Commodore 64
2 - IBM PC
3 - ZX Spectrum
4 - Apple II
5 - Commodore Amiga
6 - iMac
7 - NEC PC-98
8 - MSX
9 - Tandy TRS-80
10 - Timex Sinclair 1000

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/10-most-popular-computers-in-history.htm
Orly? Not a single Atari in this list? That`s weird. I would have thought that at least one Atari would be in this list. Not even the Atari ST is in this list, although it was the direct competitor to the Amiga.
Posted September 17, 2021
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Gudadantza: As I suspected It was the IBM PC.

If the list is accurate the 10 most sold computers in history were:

1 - Commodore 64
2 - IBM PC
3 - ZX Spectrum
4 - Apple II
5 - Commodore Amiga
6 - iMac
7 - NEC PC-98
8 - MSX
9 - Tandy TRS-80
10 - Timex Sinclair 1000

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/10-most-popular-computers-in-history.htm
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Maxvorstadt: Orly? Not a single Atari in this list? That`s weird. I would have thought that at least one Atari would be in this list. Not even the Atari ST is in this list, although it was the direct competitor to the Amiga.
Well I was surprised as well. But who knows, maybe the 11th in the list was the 8 bits one or the ST. Also take in mind that neither is in this list the Apple IIGS, other counterpart of the Amiga and Atari ST

Anyway, depending the country the list would be slightly different, and the perception is affected with our local experience.
As an example, in Spain and probably in UK the ZX Spectrum was much more common or popular than the C64, But it can be a assumption based in direct experience.
Post edited September 17, 2021 by Gudadantza
Posted September 17, 2021
At 7 years of Age I got a ZX Spectrum +2 under my Christmas tree. I can't explain the joy I felt. Soon I've got all my friends to come over to play and code games on the ZX Spectrum. It is still a very popular system today, thanks to the community. Games are still being coded today for the system, books written, museums. Portugal has a Museum in Cantanhede dedicated to everything Sinclair.

It is my favorite system ever and it influenced me in my line of work as an engineer today. In 2009 I decided to create a community on facebook dedicated to the system, that community has grown exponentially here in Portugal and I had the opportunity to meet like minded ppl that share the same passion and it is very active even today.

Thank you Clive Sinclair. You will be always remembered and celebrated.
Posted September 17, 2021
as far as i know the Atari St sold well in europe but not in america. As much as i loved my ST there was more Amiga owners in the Highlands than ST owners.
Posted September 17, 2021
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Maxvorstadt: Orly? Not a single Atari in this list? That`s weird. I would have thought that at least one Atari would be in this list. Not even the Atari ST is in this list, although it was the direct competitor to the Amiga.
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Gudadantza: Well I was surprised as well. But who knows, maybe the 11th in the list was the 8 bits one or the ST. Also take in mind that neither is in this list the Apple IIGS, other counterpart of the Amiga and Atari ST

Anyway, depending the country the list would be slightly different, and the perception is affected with our local experience.
As an example, in Spain and probably in UK the ZX Spectrum was much more common or popular than the C64, But it can be a assumption based in direct experience.
Ah, so this list is not worldwide? Okay, then it`s understandable. I guess, in a list for Germany the Schneider/Amstrad CPC would be in this list.
Posted September 17, 2021
Sir Clive, Sir Clive!

<3
Post edited September 17, 2021 by my name is supyreor catte
Posted September 17, 2021
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Gudadantza: Well I was surprised as well. But who knows, maybe the 11th in the list was the 8 bits one or the ST. Also take in mind that neither is in this list the Apple IIGS, other counterpart of the Amiga and Atari ST

Anyway, depending the country the list would be slightly different, and the perception is affected with our local experience.
As an example, in Spain and probably in UK the ZX Spectrum was much more common or popular than the C64, But it can be a assumption based in direct experience.
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Maxvorstadt: Ah, so this list is not worldwide? Okay, then it`s understandable. I guess, in a list for Germany the Schneider/Amstrad CPC would be in this list.
I am sure this list is worldwide. Maybe Atari was more popular in US and sold less in Europe, (or at the contrary). But making numbers as a whole the list is what it is.
Post edited September 17, 2021 by Gudadantza
Posted September 17, 2021
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Maxvorstadt: Ah, so this list is not worldwide? Okay, then it`s understandable. I guess, in a list for Germany the Schneider/Amstrad CPC would be in this list.
The list is worldwide. If you're in Europe and especially Germany you may have gotten the idea that the Atari ST was more popular than it was; it did well at first but overall just never sold enough to get any models into the top 10.
Posted September 17, 2021
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Maxvorstadt: Orly? Not a single Atari in this list? That`s weird. I would have thought that at least one Atari would be in this list. Not even the Atari ST is in this list, although it was the direct competitor to the Amiga.
The blunt truth of the matter is, Atari was setting an example that Sega would later follow; making a series of baffling decisions while not communicating within or even around the other divisions. It doesn't help that Atari had been bought by their direct rival and immediately chokeslammed out of existence by Jack Tramiel.
Posted September 17, 2021
My very firast computer was a ZX81 with a printer.
Posted September 17, 2021
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aluinie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM

There was a semi documentry called Micro Men about Sir Clive and Chris Curry (Amstrad). YOutube link above. Well worth watching to see whe world these men created and what they had to go through.
oddly ive never even heard of this before. pretty damned good it is too! cheers!
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