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		jacquesm on Dec 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 5th December 1978: Acorn Computers Ltd Formed in C... European. The BBC Micro was a smash hit all over Europe.

_ugfj on Dec 6, 2018 [–]

Western Europe, at most. Behind the Iron Curtain, it didn't exist. Among the Western machines, Commodore got a foothold, C16, C64, Plus 4, ZX Spectrum and somewhat the Atari ST and by the end, there were some Amiga 500s.

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