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Had one. 1982. Still remember sitting in a large swivel chair in front of a huge TV late at night when no one needed the TV. Boosted the beast to 16k of RAM but
by FollowingTheDao 2y ago
Had one. 1982. Still remember sitting in a large swivel chair in front of a huge TV late at night when no one needed the TV. Boosted the beast to 16k of RAM but was always frustrated trying to save and recover my programs on the cassette tape. ("You kids have it easy!" he said from his rocking chair on the front porch.)
My dad was one of the first people to use computers in human resources for a shipping company, Matchbox, and then PBS. He brought the ZX81 home and I had no real idea what it was.
- tromp 2y agoThe focus of the documentary is the ZX Spectrum, the (far more successful) successor of the ZX 81 that you had. It came with 16KB or 48KB standard, and featured 16 colors.
- NikkiA 2y ago> It came with 16KB or 48KB standard or eventually, 128KB
- Arwill 2y agoI remember transferring all my dads files from his Spectrum to a new PC with a serial cable, and then getting to have the Spectrum for myself. The serial cable worked surprisingly well, on the first try.
- Angostura 2y ago> but was always frustrated trying to save and recover my programs on the cassette tape. you didn’t save up your pocket money for the “Interface One” and a Microdrive? I found them very cool - and they worked pretty well
- UncleSlacky 2y agoOP is referring to the ZX-81, the tape loading/saving reliability was much improved in the Spectrum.