A million errr 40 odd (my back is dim etc) years ago the end of year stuff (open day etc) was fast approaching. Our science teacher asked a few chaps (all boys

A million errr 40 odd (my back is dim etc) years ago the end of year stuff (open day etc) was fast approaching. Our science teacher asked a few chaps (all boys prep school - Devon, UK) to have a go at showing off this computing thing or something, oh and I have this Forth thing on tape and this: ZX Spectrum. We'd graduated from ZX80s and 81s. We had 20 brand new Speccies newly bought. The Promised Land beckoned. We cobbled together text whizzing smoothly across the screen and changing colours within about 20 mins of loading the thing. Loading from tape took a good five minutes. Unlike the C64 and Vic20 the Speccy used consumer tape units. I have absolutely no idea what you are on about with your big boy modern programming terms but I managed to convince quite a few parents that their sprogs were at the cutting edge or at least wasting time well, back in the day!