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Re:The lost ways of programming: Commodore 64 BASIC (2020) by bbarnett on Friday September 16, 2022 @09:41PM (#32874050)
In fact only the budget C64 did, and it was an expensive machine in early-1980s Britain.

I think you suffered from what I did in Canada at the time, pre-free trade duties. Trade is so duty unencumbered now, comparatively.

The c64 was 2x or even 3x the price in Canada, mostly due to duty, compared to US pricing.

I recall buying a unit in the US, after convincing my parents to smuggle it across in their car...

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Re:The lost ways of programming: Commodore 64 BASIC (2020) by lproven on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:35PM (#32880697)
You could be right. I was 12 or so -- I paid little heed to such things then. :-)
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