Happy 40th Birthday ZX81!
(on the 20th March)
As told by a fairly boring non-misogynist.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 11:49,
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I had one.
I knew PCs were the future, but I couldn't get my head around programming. It seemed so unrewarding with ZX-81 and no storage. Best I ever managed was a game of Asteroids.
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Varmint, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 12:26,
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'twas my first computer
Fond memories of that black plastic wedge.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 12:38,
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Remember seeing one or a TS1000 that a friend had when a bunch of us were round one night, might as well have been the monkeys with the monolith for all we understood at the time
emulator
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A B3ta favourite & one of my favourites.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 17:36,
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One of my fondest memories
now where's that bluetack!
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 16:13,
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I still remember the novelty of writing words on the telly.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 17:38,
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I've got ten boxed zx81s in the attic
I have to buy one if I see one. I can't help it.
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I should get one, but i'm mainly after an Acorn Atom and Commodore Pet, but they're crazy prices
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I've got a couple of Atoms somewhere at the family home.
Got them for free when my school's computer department was having a clear out in the late '80s.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 20:40,
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they're worth a fair bit now, alternatively if your looking to sell one, hassle free to a good home.
it was my very first computer to write a program on - none of the programs really worked tho, but writing on the screen was mesmerising (also the clicky keyboard and the smell of warmed plastic - ummm)
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I'm aware that they've appreciated in recent years
Not seen them for years, though, and no idea where they are or in what condition.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 22:35,
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i think the zx81 was all a ploy to make the 48k look amazing
i still occasionally play a couple of PS1 games for a week or so, then go back to xbox one and it looks amazing again. Its all about perspective. I also sometimes shit in the garden just to enjoy the luxury of the in house toilet the next day
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Turboesprit Volume knob, Thu 11 Mar 2021, 20:42,
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I sometimes play PS1 Tekken 3
To remind me when fighting games were (a) good and balanced and (b) you got the whole game on the disk and didn't have to patch it every other day for an online mode you don't want or put up with constant nagging to buy more DLC. And then I bought Star Wars Squadrons VR because it's made by EA and I hate myself.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Fri 12 Mar 2021, 11:32,
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I also just wrote a new ZX Spectrum game.
It features a speedy rolled-up cartoonish mammal named "Roger the Pangolin".
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Fri 12 Mar 2021, 11:36,
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post a link to it then y'maniac! :D
dont forget to click you made this!
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Turboesprit Volume knob, Fri 12 Mar 2021, 13:00,
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You misspelled Bushido Blade.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Fri 12 Mar 2021, 14:48,
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40 years!
I remember getting a loan of a ZX80, which had a mighty 1K of memory, and a flat membrane keyboard. It looked like something that came free in a packet of cereal, but typing your own programmes seemed amazing.
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The tense moment where the display disappeared while it calculated.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 12 Mar 2021, 15:47,
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