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RE: OT : Sinclair was RE: Metalink Again

From: Jenner Mike <M.Jenner_at_southampton.gov.uk>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 06:13:17 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.002E25A4.20010405060030@fatcity.com>

Ahh yes..

        The sinclair ZX80,ZX81.. that's where I started, but the jewell was the
ATARI 400/800/st/various other aliases as the years went by.

I started with a 400 (with the funny keyboard), then accquired an 800 with more memory (32M?) and proper keyboard. I still say those machines were way ahead of their time when they were introduced. I think I had about 50 x 5 1/4" disks with 'multiboot', to have approx 5 games on each side (I too used the neat square holepunch to use 2nd side). Now that's a lot of games! Used it for BASIC during my school exams , plus learning 6502, plus controlling motorised robots via the I/O ports (yes, the joystick ports).

A good site for old Spectrum games:
http://www.80snostalgia.com/computers/spectrum/index.html Also old kids programs ,all from an English perspective but many are U.S. made.
http://www.80snostalgia.com/classictv/index.html

Mike.

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Sent: 05 April 2001 13:30
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I used to have a Spectrum +2? One of the little keyboards with rubber keys and a tape drive! Still have it in the loft at my parents with all the original games too! Damn how I used to love sitting in front of a screen blinking red/blue/green colours at me, screaming like a drowning cat while it was loading.

I must dig that out for a nostalgia trip! LOL.. Although I am more of a die hard fan of high tech games though!! Quake, Half Life (Counterstrike)..

Mark

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Brian
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 10:24
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I've got my Commodore 64.



 Brian L. Anderson
 Flunky/SA/DBA/DERT
 Darton College
 andersob_at_mail.dartnet.peachnet.edu

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

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