The Timex/Sinclair 1000 was the first computer that was available for under $100.00. It was pretty basic. 1 kB of RAM, Chiclets keyboard, B&W output and not much bigger than your hand. Sinclair was quite a clever guy though. The Sinclair Spectrum, its successor, was very popular in Europe, especially in the UK. It competed quite successfully with the Commodore C-64.