I could call you an idiot for not comprehending my post correctly to see how that sentence was a pretty small portion of what I was saying, but I won't judge you based on just one thing.
Ah, good to see that you pulled back just in the nick of time (you're still a registered polite-nik). 
The Apple II line of home computer was introduced in the late 1970's. There's a movie about the Apple vs. Mircosoft rivalry in the 70's called the "Titans of Silicon Valley," starring Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates..
Yeah, that seems like a pretty close fit...
but the only people that had these "apple II" were incredibly wealthy. from what I remember they were definitely in schools by that time. but no one really had one in their house until the mid 90s even.
I think in Romania you guys would be pimpin' the Commodore 64 with a 2400-baud external modem. That is, during those hours of the day when Ceaucescu isn't selling your electricity to Poland...
Serves him right for overuse of vowels.
Oh, maybe people misunderstood what I meant by "computer." I'm referring specifically to chess engines here, which I thought weren't around for such a long time (since 70s or 80s perhaps?), although, again, I could be wrong on that too