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Ah, the ZX81, my first computer. Those Halcyon days of typing in lines and lines of code... Only to be met with a sudden crash due to the 16K (16K!) RAM pack

• skynetv2 12y ago
  mine was zx82! Loved it!! mine used to overheat for some reason, the heatsink on the top right side ...loved those games too.
  • welly 12y ago
    Was there actually a ZX82? It's my understanding the ZX82 was the code name for the ZX Spectrum but it was never released under the moniker of the ZX82. There was certainly a ZX80 as well as the ZX81.
• tobych 12y ago
  My first computer too. Stuck a match in with the RAM pack, along with a bit of Blu-tack to keep it all together. Stunning memories of typing programs in KNOWING they'd be zapped once I pulled the power. Funny thing was we had no TV until we got the ZX81. I spent two weeks with the user manual and no TV: for a long time after that I was irritated by people who didn't RTFM in advance. It still worked last time I tried it. RAM pack'n'all. Very much a treasured possession.
• thomasfl 12y ago
  My first computer too. I remember I managed to create a Frogger like game in ascii art, before turning off the computer and deleting the game for ever.