From: gordon+usenet@drogon.net   
      
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   Your Name   wrote:   
   >On 2022-10-30 21:21:43 +0000, Gordon Henderson said:   
   >   
   >> Not the 80s but I was a pupil in '78 when we got an Apple II - the school   
   >> and the rest of the region then got heavilly into Apple IIs for a good   
   >> few years (I went to uni in 1980)   
   >>   
   >> This was in Scotland.   
   >>   
   >> -Gordon   
   >   
   >Apple offered (and still does) comparatively good discounts for   
   >education, as well as government, non-profit, and military buyers. Many   
   >schools and universities started using Apple equipment in the days of   
   >the Apple II and early Mac ... until the "bad days" when Apple was   
   >almost bankrupt and many started switching over to Windoze PCs instead.   
      
   Not quite the story in the UK where Apple's were (still are) stupidly   
   expensive, but in the early 80's the BBC announced it's Computer Literacy   
   Project and the BBC Micro was quickly adopted by schools all over the UK.   
      
   Even working as a research student then I couldn't afford an Apple II   
   or a //gs so it was a BBC Micro for me.   
      
   Gordon   
      
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