RE: OT : Sinclair was RE: Metalink Again

I did get my revenge on TIMEX though,
 put that Spectrum on eBay last year,
 and got $150 US for it.

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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 16:34
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Yea I started with the ZX 80, got a kit and built it.

My background is on the hardware end of MainFrames,  so I borrowed a Logic Analyzer from Work, hooked it up,  and scoped all the revelent CPU timings, using memory loops and BIOS calls,  what fun that was.

Then we got the TIMEX version of the Spectrum with a monitor,  but it was such a pain with the Audio tape Input/output. Gave up on it when TIMEX stopped support on it.

To this day my roommate will not buy or use another TIMEX product.

Got my first IBM PC Compatible in 1984 and haven't looked back.

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Sinclair was a brand of personal computers that came out in the UK about 20 years ago,
If memory serves , they started of with the ZX 81 which had a whole 1K of memory.

Their next offering was the Spectrum 16K followed by the 48K. with rubber keys and programmable in basic.
I remember back in the early 80's I got one for my 14th birthday and that set me on the downward spiral to
where I am now :-) as a dba

they subsequently went bust, and I still have that Spectrum 48K after nearly 20 years.
You can get emulaters for it on the PC.

Any more spectrum owners out there that want to admit to it ? Brian

"Kevin Kostyszyn" <kevin_at_dulcian.com>@fatcity.com on 04/04/2001 02:36:02 PM

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MMMMMMmmmmmmm TRS-80.....
what's a Sinclair?

-----Original Message-----
Patrice J
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 3:02 PM
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A TRS-80? Why not a Sinclair?

: )

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> Suprisingly, I just logged on and it took only a second. Amazing!! They
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> Is anyone else having problems with Metalink today?
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