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I have very fond memories of my Speccy 48k. When I was a kid, together with the Amstrads, it was the most popular home micro. I wonder what part of the HN crowd

I have very fond memories of my Speccy 48k. When I was a kid, together with the Amstrads, it was the most popular home micro. I wonder what part of the HN crowd has ever used one.

stevekemp 6y ago
Given the popularity of the various incarnations I'm sure a high percentage of the UK-based readers of Hacker News have seen/used them. My 48k Speccy was my first exposure to computers, and I've written before about how it was the direct inspiration towards my career. I don't own any hardware any more, but I still have a couple of books - including the spiral-bound orange manual. I'm slowly in the process of building my own Z80-based "computer". It's been an on/off project for a year or two now, with very little to show for it. But writing little Z80 assembly language programs gets me feeling very nostalgic.
- dash2 6y ago
  You elitists with your 48K. My cheapo dad only bought me the 16K. 10 PRINT "DAVID" 20 GOTO 10
  - HenCymro 6y ago
    10 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 2 20 PLOT 70,120: DRAW 4,4,4040
    - stevekemp 6y ago
      10 POKE 23659,0 20 PRINT "STEVE ROCKS" 30 GOTO 10
UncleSlacky 6y ago
I had a 48k Issue 2 Spectrum in Feb 1983 (my first computer) then the Amstrad CPC6128 (colour version, no less!) in mid-1986 (still got it in the attic).