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Re:No Longer an Inspiration by 300bps on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @01:49PM (#9382739)
In the early 80s when home systems like the C64 and TRS-80 were hitting the market they were marketed, essentially, as toys for boys.

I've seen a lot of advertisements for the Commodore 64 and don't recall any gender bias. Here is an example of the ads I remember:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLwTLpGzBB4

After begging my parents for months, I was given a Commodore 64 for Christmas in 1982 when I was 10 years old. My two sisters never had any interest in it despite my constant attempts to get them to use it with me.

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Re:No Longer an Inspiration by _abattoir on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @02:13PM (#9382917)
Okay, but you're one person offering an anecdote. We are going to need better than that for a discussion about a cultural movement.
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Re:No Longer an Inspiration by Karunamon on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @02:28PM (#9383049)
That also applies to the GP's assertion that the computers were gender biased in their marketing.

Somehow I doubt anyone here is going to do a quantitative analysis of 80's advertising...

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