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Offline Clive

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The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« on: March 12, 2011, 22:05 »
The Sinclair ZX81 was small, black with only 1K of memory, but 30 years ago it helped to spark a generation of programming wizards.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12703674
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2011, 00:09 »
Before my time.  ;)
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2011, 09:53 »
 ;D
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2011, 11:42 »
But not mine...
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2011, 12:05 »
I was always going to buy one but never got around to it.  I bought the much more advanced Spectrum 16K instead. 
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2011, 12:08 »
Quote from: Clive on March 13, 2011, 12:05
I was always going to buy one but never got around to it.  I bought the much more advanced Spectrum 16K instead. 

Daley Thompsons decathlon ensured that the space bar and various other keys packed in within about a month.  :bawl:
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2011, 12:10 »
I wonder what today's kids would make of the graphics in Spectrum games?   :laugh:
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2011, 12:24 »
Or Teletext...
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2011, 12:27 »
I remember playing Lemmings on a very early PC, which I think was an Amiga.  The graphics seemed great at the time!   :laugh:
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2011, 12:30 »
It would be 'illuminating' to see them now, wouldn't it.
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2011, 12:38 »
Indeed!
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2011, 12:50 »
There was a wonderful excitement back then. Perhaps kids still feel it today, but I suspect not. For us, it was all so new that we stood in awe.
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2011, 13:26 »
The machine I first played games on used cassette tapes.   ;D
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2011, 16:31 »
Half an hour to load, then it usually crashed.
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Re: The Sinclair ZX81 is 30 years old today
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2011, 17:18 »
Yes, right at the end of the installation!   ;D
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