The Curry's group is pulling out of business machines and closing down its Micro-C computer stores, but expanding for all it's worth in home computers.

All the 530 stores in the Currys chain will stock the Spectrum and Commodore 64 and, depending on the amount of room available, the Commodore 16, Acorn Electron, Toshiba HX-10 and the BBC B.

Delivery of the Toshiba HX-10, an MSX machine, is expected around September 20, at least ten days before other stores.

The C16 is seen as being a major Christmas seller. Currys stores should have a stock of C16s by the last week in September.