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Re:Parsing the C64 Bubble Bobble Wind Currents by fidotron on Friday January 10, 2025 @02:08PM (#42658904)
Yep. By the era in question in Europe if you had money for a C64 disk drive you were buying an ST or Amiga instead.

I don’t think many on the western side of the Atlantic appreciate how relatively poor, and tight fisted, much of Europe was and remains, even the good bits.

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Re:Parsing the C64 Bubble Bobble Wind Currents by Wonkey on Saturday January 11, 2025 @06:40AM (#42665214)
Where I grew up in Europe we had the 1541 disk drive before the Amiga came. Several people I grew up with had the C64 bread bin, the 1541 floppy drive, the cassette tape and a 9 pin printer. I only met one guy who had an Amstrad.
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