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I had one of these at age 10. I still have it (at age 50) and it still works. Also the printer and a roll of paper. Whenever people ask me what my earliest mem
by ourcat 6y ago
I had one of these at age 10. I still have it (at age 50) and it still works. Also the printer and a roll of paper.
Whenever people ask me what my earliest memory is, I say the 16k RAM Pack. :)
- Theodores 6y agoMy inner nine year old envies you for having the printer and paper. I will memorise your earliest memory joke.
- Twirrim 6y agoI'm 40, I vaguely remember my parents had one at some stage, and I'm reasonably sure it had the 16k RAM pack, but the first I really remember is the ZX Spectrum with the 48K ram, and rubber keys. First thing I ever programmed, though mostly I wanted to play Chucky Egg, Manic Miner, Granny's Garden etc.
- ourcat 6y agoI never had a 'Speccy'. Some old friends of mine wrote a song ages ago about the effect those machines had on us all, called "Hey Hey 16k" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts96J7HhO28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts96J7HhO28
- nickt 6y agoI recently restored a ZX Printer, bit of a pain but mostly because the belts disintegrate on touch. You can buy new ones though [1] and you see them on eBay too sometimes. Worth the resto for the wonderful noise they make! [1] https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/zx-printer-replacement-belt-43869 https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/zx-printer-replace...
- elvis70 6y agoThe 16k RAM Pack, a life lesson in itself.