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Happy Birthday Commodore 64, with Bil Herd
nctnico:
--- Quote from: eugene on April 25, 2022, 07:04:15 pm ---I stopped listening when he said the C64 is "the most popular home computer ever built." I'm sure it depends on how you define "home computer", but still...
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He clearly defines "home computer" as a non x86 based 'PC style' computer which IMHO is correct. Ofcourse smarter people bought the MSX which at least had a real VPU with 2D accelleration (which standard PCs didn't have for a long time). >:D
Still I'm wondering whether you could classify today's mobile phone as a home computer. It is still called a mobile phone but I have to say I use mine mostly not for making phone calls. :popcorn:
eugene:
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 27, 2022, 12:48:52 pm ---Still I'm wondering whether you could classify today's mobile phone as a home computer. It is still called a mobile phone but I have to say I use mine mostly not for making phone calls. :popcorn:
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Yeah. When trying to think of a specific model of home computer that sold more than the C64 the only thing I could come up with was something like an Xbox 360. It's a computer and it's used at home, but I think I'll just accept the C64 as the winner and get on with my life.
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