[maestroia]

"By the time the 1980s came to an end, it was unusual for a household to be without a personal computer."

As someone who graduated college when the 1980s came to an end, I can say it was unusual for a household to HAVE a computer. They were a major purchase, any communication with the outside world was via dial-up modem to a BBS, and most families had no practical reason for them.

[TedDoesntTalk]

There are several anachronistic mistakes in this article. I think the author is perhaps too young to have lived in those times.