What do most people say for “Name a home or personal computer released before 1990”?

The usual first answers are Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Apple II, Amiga and Atari ST. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a home or personal computer released before 1990”?

108 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 52 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a home or personal computer released before 1990” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “MSX” and the longest is “Processor Technology Sol-20”.

How hard is “Name a home or personal computer released before 1990”?

Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

Computer Science trivia

Name a home or personal computer released before 1990

“Name a home or personal computer released before 1990” is one of 47 computer science prompts in Icillion. Of its 108 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum
Apple II
Amiga
Atari ST

One step down

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

BBC Micro
Amstrad CPC
ZX81
VIC-20
Atari 800
TRS-80
IBM PC
Macintosh
Commodore PET
MSX
Acorn Electron
Dragon 32
Oric-1
TI-99/4A
Apple Lisa

Answers by level

The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsCommodore 64 · ZX Spectrum · Apple II
Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsBBC Micro · Amstrad CPC · ZX81 …
The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss52 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game

The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, I, J, K, M, N, O, S, T and Z. The Abyss has 52 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Facts about this list

108 answers in total, 85 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “MSX”. Longest: “Processor Technology Sol-20”.
A, C and T are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
38 answers can be typed more than one way: “PC-8001” counts as NEC PC-8001.

How to go deeper

Start with A: 22 of the answers begin with it.
Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Apple II are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Standards and their organisations hide many deep answers.

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Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a home or personal computer released before 1990”?: The usual first answers are Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Apple II, Amiga and Atari ST. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a home or personal computer released before 1990”?: 108 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 52 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a home or personal computer released before 1990” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “MSX” and the longest is “Processor Technology Sol-20”.
How hard is “Name a home or personal computer released before 1990”?: Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

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