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In Europe (in my case, Spain), it was the door to enter to computer science for a lot of children. And personally for me, it was too the door to thinking about
by mdtrooper 2y ago
In Europe (in my case, Spain), it was the door to enter to computer science for a lot of children.
And personally for me, it was too the door to thinking about something like as free software. Because when I was a child, I remember my frustration with my small games coded in basic, they were terrifyingly slow. And I wondered why...and decades ago when I knew the free software philosophy, I finished with my pain about these remembers.
- pjmlp 2y agoThe whole Iberian Penisula was all about the Speccy during the 80's, I also owe a lot to MicroHobby, Micromania, and a few others, not only for computing stuff, I got the side effect of Spanish at the same level as Portuguese.
- paines 2y agoIIRC correct there is a speccy museum somewehre in West Portugal.
- pjmlp 2y agoYes, started by former Timex employees, which was the model that original got widespread, the classical Spectrum came afterwards. https://loadzx.com/en/ https://loadzx.com/en/ https://loadzx.com/timexcomputerworld/ https://loadzx.com/timexcomputerworld/