On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:05:48 -0800
Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
Hello Andrew,
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:37:42AM +0000, Brad Rogers wrote:
> > AKA the Sinclair ZX-81, in the UK. First computer I owned.
> I remember those (US). THere was a lot of competition between all of
> us (this was 8th - 11th grade for me) with those kids who had the
I was a bit older than that, I'd been at work for a few years by the
time the ZX81 came out.
> Atari based rigs being all uppity about their games or something, and
I bought an 800, and later, a 130XE. The 800 was built like a tank, as
you're no doubt aware. Marvellous machines. They never got the
recognition they deserved over here. Largely because of the cost.
> Sorry, I got off track there. The Timex... hmmm... some kid had one
Thread drift; "Stuff happens", as they say. :-)
> but I don't think anyone ever got it to do anything interesting. I
> remember that the keyboard was hideous though.
That's putting it mildly, I reckon. :-)
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