@coolboymew Burgerlanders would never understand the happiness of having a cheap home computer that was designed, not only for playing, but also for learning and tinkering. Most of us discovered the pleasure of computer programming and electronics thanks to the Spectrums, Amstrads, MSX, etc.
Also, having a whole ecosystem of microcomputers, as opposed to today's PC/Mac monopoly, lead to the publishing of technical books and magazines where you could learn more about your systems and get in touch with other fans.
It is my belief that the PC becoming the dominant architecture is responsible for us not having flying cars today, as we were promised, but a fuckton of js frameworks instead.
@mrsaturday See my “etc.” at the end of the non-exhaustive list or architectures.
The chan poster derided Amigas, too, if I understood him correctly. Maybe not the Commodores, given that they came from the US, but these had two things against them: they were more expensive (thus most people n Europe prefering a Spectrum or an Amstrad) and not interoperable, like the MSX, which was more of a Z80-based standard.
What I'm saying is that Commodores were for rich kids, basically. Most people didn't have them here.
