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That's nice! On a related note, I just recalled the magazines with code listings in them - pages upon pages. And yes, I would spend hours typing them all in. E

• tluyben2 8y ago
  Yep, my first computer didn't have any storage, so I typed over games from magazines, played them and left the computer on. When it switched off, the game was gone and I typed in another game. It definitely gave me a lot more quality playing time as this was the only thing the magic machine gave me. When bored with the game I would start changing things in the code; first randomly and getting many errors, but after a while it started to make sense.
  • sundvor 8y ago
    Very true. Yes that is what it was like! I vaguely remember that the TV I used was the family TV as well, which led to some contention. Of course the computer could be left on, but accidents did happen..
• zimpenfish 8y ago
  > And yes, I would spend hours typing them all in. You'd get 90% of the way through and someone walking down the next road would cause the RAM pack to wobble and your Spectrum / ZX81 would reset itself. Or it'd be a page of hex printed at 72dpi dark grey on black 6pt font and you'd misread one of the Es as an F and nothing would work but you'd spend hours trying to figure out which one it was. Ah, kids of today, they've got it easy.
  • sundvor 8y ago
    Aye sir, I laughed with familiarity! Yet we didn't have social media, so I guess that they can't have it both ways.