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( philiphunter is liable to flooding, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:42, archived)

back when I was a lad
all we had were computers with tape drives :(
(Sir Zyk0tiK Tea for two., Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:43, archived)

+3 had a floppy disc drive
... crazy Amstrad floppies too, not 3 1/4" discs
( Reckless_Rik, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:45, archived)

madness!
I had the original Specrum ZX... didnt even have a tape deck built in! :P

Man, Batman on the ZX was awesome. As was The Hobbit.
(Sir Zyk0tiK Tea for two., Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:48, archived)

so did I :p
I had the rubber keyed wonder, and the spectrum+, then the 128K+2 and then the 128K+3

\m/ ROCK ME AMADEUS
( Reckless_Rik, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:49, archived)

Yeah
mine deffo had rubber buttons :D

That shit was hardcore.
(Sir Zyk0tiK Tea for two., Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:51, archived)

I had the original ZX81 1K with a flat wipeclean keyboard. Why don't they make one of them nowdays?
( first inch is the worst! its spelt c.u.n.t., Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:55, archived)

dunno but I still have one kicking around the house :)
.. plus a RAM pack :)
( Reckless_Rik, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:56, archived)

old
skool RAM packs are much better.
(Sir Zyk0tiK Tea for two., Tue 25 Jan 2005, 15:02, archived)

yes.
yes they are.


(5 Lighters for a Pound, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 15:14, archived)

We know you did

( DogHorse if you can read this so can your mum, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:52, archived)

hahaha! comedy gold!!

( Reckless_Rik, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:52, archived)

Those were the days
Sitting waiting 5 minutes for a game to load to find it was crap, bit like the Sims today.
(Europir8, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:53, archived)

:)

(Carwash Maaaaaaaaarge!, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:57, archived)

indestructible disk tech

( White christmas Baby is not a plumber, he's a free gas engineer, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:48, archived)

yeah and about 32K on each side of the disc

/small swipe at Zyk0tiK there ;)
( Reckless_Rik, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:49, archived)

meh,
I no longer make 32k.

As of friday my contract is up, which means no more work for me. Kinda sad, but oh well... Thinking about going to the army as a Computer technician... would guarentee me a job during the service and also after. I really cant be fucked going to uni.
(Sir Zyk0tiK Tea for two., Tue 25 Jan 2005, 15:03, archived)

eh?
go to uni, shag, drink, take drugs, don't pay tax

OR

get sent to the Middle East and get shot at

its a tough decision
( twig has new glasses, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 15:08, archived)

As a techy
you'd mostly not be there. You'd probably be stashed away in a base somewhere navigating and whatnot. Techies aren't very good with guns.
(Sir Zyk0tiK Tea for two., Tue 25 Jan 2005, 15:22, archived)

seXXXy spectrum
*fwap*
( Reckless_Rik, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:45, archived)

Wow
I had that one!
Spectrum +3 was cool!
( Squiggy Alloria makes theme parks., Tue 25 Jan 2005, 14:53, archived)