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**bUqLfXRI** · 07-16-2010, 04:18 PM

The lovable ZX81 from Sinclair way back in '81:

1K of RAM!! Black and White Graphics! Brilliant!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81

Mine was better than yours those because I had two 16K RAM packs on the back.

Used to love loading games from a tape recorder which made funny screeching noises for about 5 minutes and then failed to load because the volume wasn't at exactly the right setting and the instructions never told you what that was anyway! Not!

Remember the fun of writing out a long program in BASIC for hours on end to play some crappy game, not being able to save was a bastard for this too! My cousin once spent 12 hours non stop trying to make a cricket game, he had nearly finished when his sister ran in the room and accidently kicked the plug out of the socket!

07-16-2010, 04:18 PM	#9
bUqLfXRI Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 579 Senior Member	The lovable ZX81 from Sinclair way back in '81: 1K of RAM!! Black and White Graphics! Brilliant! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 Mine was better than yours those because I had two 16K RAM packs on the back. Used to love loading games from a tape recorder which made funny screeching noises for about 5 minutes and then failed to load because the volume wasn't at exactly the right setting and the instructions never told you what that was anyway! Not! Remember the fun of writing out a long program in BASIC for hours on end to play some crappy game, not being able to save was a bastard for this too! My cousin once spent 12 hours non stop trying to make a cricket game, he had nearly finished when his sister ran in the room and accidently kicked the plug out of the socket!
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