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Cool. I wish I'd kept some of the ZX Spectrum programs I wrote. I tried a few times by using my hi-fi as the tape out. But then my mom would clean my room and r
by drsim 15y ago
Cool. I wish I'd kept some of the ZX Spectrum programs I wrote. I tried a few times by using my hi-fi as the tape out. But then my mom would clean my room and reset it by accidentally knocking it over.
Almost as traumatic as when she dismantled my Lego Technic car with working gearbox to dust it.
- mcartyem 15y agoLoading a program on cassette was loud enough to get one banned from using the Spectrum. Plus, there was only one TV in the living room, which you needed for the Spectrum. Add the two, and scaling meant buying another TV and migrating often between rooms. Traumatic was when I (think I was the one who) finally burned it by plugging in the wrong power supply, decades later.