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   Message 13,629 of 15,439   
   Dombo to David Murray   
   Re: Photographs of Old Computer Store Se   
   27 Sep 08 15:02:04   
   
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   XPost: comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.atari.8bit   
   From: dombo@disposable.invalid   
      
   David Murray schreef:   
   >> I have vague memories of watching someone play Hitchhiker's Guide to   
   >> the Galaxy on some kind of Apple back when... In Finland. But I don't   
   >> think Apples sold that well here, with the usual "Europe pays double"   
   >> pricing they must've been really expensive...   
   >   
   > Well, they were already double or triple the cost of a comparible   
   > Commodore 8-bit setup, so if they were sold for double in Europe, then   
   > I can't imagine how much they would have cost.   
      
   They were sold in Europe (at least in the Netherlands), but one had to   
   look real hard to find a shop that sold Apple computers. Apple wasn't   
   nearly as popular as Commodore, MSX, Atari and even Sinclair in this area.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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