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		Bud 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For $595, you get what nobody else can give you fo... Atari 400 couldn't really compete. I had one as a kid. Neighbor kid had a C64. That membrane keyboard was a big handicap. The Atari sure had some nice games, though! The full IBM PC wasn't really a competitor; it was 3x the price and very few families were willing to shell out that kind of money at that point.

themadturk 6 months ago [–]

The IBM PC wasn't really a family computer like the C64 was. It was a business machine that could be fun for the family when dad or mom were done with work.

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