Prompted by the recent announcement of a Commodore revival of sorts by YouTuber Perifractic (Retro Recipes), the Mac tech blogosphere was abuzz with some reminiscing about retro computers.
It may seem like 70/30 C64/Atari, but that was because, if I am not mistaken, you grew up in the Washington, DC area like I did. The reality is it was more like 80/20 nationwide. Atari had an outsized presence in the Washington, DC area in part because Fairfax County, Virginia standardized on Atari for placement in its public schools. Rumor is the Math Box salesperson who made that sale got an $80,000 commission (a quarter-million in today's dollars).
It may seem like 70/30 C64/Atari, but that was because, if I am not mistaken, you grew up in the Washington, DC area like I did. The reality is it was more like 80/20 nationwide. Atari had an outsized presence in the Washington, DC area in part because Fairfax County, Virginia standardized on Atari for placement in its public schools. Rumor is the Math Box salesperson who made that sale got an $80,000 commission (a quarter-million in today's dollars).
I’m in Maine, so perhaps it was an east coast thing?