One thing the Arduino doesn't quite have is that the ZX machines, while not cutting edge, were quite novel and "high tech". Most people who have an Arduino als

One thing the Arduino doesn't quite have is that the ZX machines, while not cutting edge, were quite novel and "high tech". Most people who have an Arduino also have a supercomputer-phone. But a ZX81 or ZX Spectrum were, at the time, all you could afford and relatively advanced to the point of being amazing for most other people (who didn't own any computer whatsoever).