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Re:Donkey.bas is 45 Years Old – 131 line of Glory by gxd on Thursday August 13, 2026 @05:32PM (#49292128)
> You could get a PC for a thousand bucks back then

In the United States... In a lot of countries, computers cost a lot more than that in the local currency which, together with lower salaries, made computers inaccessible to most people.

I remember seeing people playing GORILLA.BAS in computer stores...

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Re:Donkey.bas is 45 Years Old – 131 line of Glory by pjmlp on Friday August 14, 2026 @01:45AM (#49295111)
Which is why in many countries we stayed on the Speccy and C64, until 386SX were already widespread.
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