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My first home computer. My other non-home computer being an IBM mainframe. ;) Still sitting in my parents attic somewhere. I gotta get it up and running agai
by YZF 10y ago
My first home computer. My other non-home computer being an IBM mainframe. ;) Still sitting in my parents attic somewhere. I gotta get it up and running again.
I really wanted an Atari video game console but my parents thought the ZX81 would be more educational. And I guess they were right.
Endless hours on the floor in front of the TV writing programs in Basic with that spiral bound user's manual for reference. I got the 16KB expansion pack since the 1KB grew old pretty fast.
I remember the user's manual had the pins for the expansion port and a list of all the Z80A assembly instructions. I spent hours looking at those having absolutely no clue what that was. No Internet to look things up back...
I also upgraded to the Spectrum. An then surprisingly enough to an Atari 512ST after the next Sinclair, the "QL", turned up to be a bit of a fail. Really should have gotten an Amiga in retrospects ;)