On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:26 AM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 19:05, Sellam Abraham via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Probably because Americans in Futtbuck, Idaho never heard of any British > > computers but Brits certainly knew about American computers, eh wot? > > Oh, yes, naturally! > > It is something of a national characteristic, though. > > I had someone very seriously questioning me, over on Fesse Bouc, if I > was serious when I said that the ZX Spectrum could remotely be > considered a more significant machine than (one model of) TRS-80, and > he was incredulous when I absolutely maintained the point. > > Only after the fall of Communism did we Sinclair fans discover that > there was an entire international market in clones and compatibles of > the little Spectrum. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ZX_Spectrum_clones > > -- > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 > Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 > I agree, based on the very point you are making: the impact, influence and reach of the ZX Spectrum was by far greater than that of the TRS-80. Sellam
