I embraced the TRS-80 from Radio Shack as a young teacher. I hoped that, over time, ALL my colleagues would join in seeing it as a great tool for student learning. Instead, the few who grasped onto it generally used it for PowerPoint.
I still have hope, however.
@Algot Those were such neat machines. :D I love how ridiculously popular they became... the public *wanted* computers in our lives, probably for all kinds of different reasons, but the hunger was there!