in the mid 80s, the c64 was the best selling computer (afaik, still is to this day, the single best-selling model ever), sold like 2m+ units a year, outsold even PCs and apple, and had ~ 40% market share.
it was cheap, it had lots of software, and was accessible–selling at discount retailers instead of just computer stores and shops.
yea. it was ‘normal’.
abnormal would have been an outlier like a trs80 or ti99/4a instead of one of the ‘big three’ of the day.
in the mid 80s, the c64 was the best selling computer (afaik, still is to this day, the single best-selling model ever), sold like 2m+ units a year, outsold even PCs and apple, and had ~ 40% market share.
it was cheap, it had lots of software, and was accessible–selling at discount retailers instead of just computer stores and shops.
yea. it was ‘normal’.
abnormal would have been an outlier like a trs80 or ti99/4a instead of one of the ‘big three’ of the day.
Normal for personal computers… which were abnormal at the time.