On Wed, Jun 5, 2024, 6:03 AM Will Cooke via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > When the Jan 75 issue of Popular Electronics came out I was 9 years old. > I didn't know the magazine existed, nor could I have afforded a > subscription if I did. But I knew what computers were, and I knew I wanted > one. But they were untouchable to me. I had seen one at my dad's office, > and even seen some programmers (up near the same category as seeing an > astronaut to me.) But having a computer was a dream, like owning an F-4 > Phantom. > > A couple of years later I saw the TRS-80 in a Radio Shack catalog. That > was my first sight of a "personal" computer. The price ($599?) was WELL > outside what I could afford, but it was achievable. AND... it was marketed > toward "average" people! > So, now we're adding the age of the buyer as an element of what defines a "personal" computer? Sellam >
