I can't remember which game it was that took 9 minutes to load on my 464. And typing out listing from mags to get eg an assembly graphics routine! Life was slower back then :)

It was really hard to buy one in Johannesburg. I found one importer and only one local shop that had software. ZX C64, Atari 800XL much easier to find.

Friend's father had a horror of a PC box. Little did I know...