I went to secondary school between 1985-1990, and back then, I still had a Commodore VIC-20, which my dad bought me, probably as some kind of guilt-gift, for my 7th birthday. At the time I started secondary school, I didn't play on that VIC-20 that much anymore, as it had outlived it's ability to entertain. During the first year or so, I started to see that some of the kids at my school either had ZX Spectrum's or Commodore 64's, and I started to lust after a Commodore 64; mainly because it wasn't four colour graphics and had better sound …

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