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Re: Life in 8-bits
« on: September 20, 2012, 09:16:15 PM »
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Sinclair ZX81 - my 8bit days were spent typing in BASIC, hoping each time the power plug wouldn't wobble and lose it all... While dreaming about thinks like Colour Graphics and Sounds!!


My first intro was actually a ZX80, but the first machine we owned was also ZX81, rehoused in some sort of breadbox style keyboard into which the 16K RAM pack also fit.

After that it was the ZX Spectrum, 48K rubber keyed glory!
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Re: Life in 8-bits
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2012, 11:37:46 PM »
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So you got a ZX81 with a proper keyboard? That still seem like some kind of upper class luxury from where I'm sitting... Oh?!? What and 16k?!? Posh bastered ;) x


Nah, it was some sort of after market keyboard case you rehoused it in. It was big, fat and unashamedly ugly. However, it was rather easier to type on.

We inherited the lot from my uncle, who previously owned the zx80.
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