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Oh dear. My parents smuggled (!) a ZX Spectrum in 1985 into Hungary and they knew they will do it and while they were on their tour to Western Germany I was at
by chx 5y ago
Oh dear. My parents smuggled (!) a ZX Spectrum in 1985 into Hungary and they knew they will do it and while they were on their tour to Western Germany I was at a summer daytime camp at the nearby community center where we learned BASIC on them. And , of course , played games , mostly Horace And The Spiders :) I was ten.
Fast forward two decades and I was contributing to Drupal core (first core commit 17 years ago was https://i.imgur.com/ZGemjVc.png https://i.imgur.com/ZGemjVc.png although Dries forgot to credit me, boo :) ) and another five years later I was working on a Top 100 website.
Thanks Sir Sinclair.
- chx 5y agoPs. Please play https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/33-year-old-zx-spectrum-challenge-solved-by-oxfords-museum-of-the-history-of-science-30-04-2015/ https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/33-year-old-zx-spectrum-challe... at his funeral.
- stevekemp 5y agoHorace and the Spiders, as well as Horace Goes Skiing are very much part of my early memories of computers. I guess Dizzy comes close, but Horace was the first "character" I played, and looked out for.