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| Thread ID: 70997 | 2006-07-23 10:21:00 | I'm looking for a VERY old computer | george12 (7) | PC World Chat |
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| 472960 | 2006-07-24 08:49:00 | The link by SKT174 is to a Sinclair Spectrum, which uses a Z80. It's entirely wrong in the claim that it was the worlds first first home PC though, as the predecessor to it was the Sinclair ZX80, which was also widely sold here. It had 1k of RAM fitted. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 472961 | 2006-07-24 09:17:00 | The link by SKT174 is to a Sinclair Spectrum, which uses a Z80. It's entirely wrong in the claim that it was the worlds first first home PC though, as the predecessor to it was the Sinclair ZX80, which was also widely sold here. It had 1k of RAM fitted. $50+ is a bit more than I wanted to spend for just a CPU (although the computer would be interesting). |
george12 (7) | ||
| 472962 | 2006-07-24 09:24:00 | Check out a local (Wgtn) computer club. | mark c (247) | ||
| 472963 | 2006-07-24 23:20:00 | It's entirely wrong in the claim that it was the worlds first first home PC though, as the predecessor to it was the Sinclair ZX80, which was also widely sold here. It had 1k of RAM fitted. I remembered the ZX80, the keyboard was horrible to type on :) |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 472964 | 2006-07-25 11:52:00 | I remembered the ZX80, the keyboard was horrible to type on :) Wasn't it the ZX81. I still have one. Also marketed as the Timex 1000 I think. |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 472965 | 2006-07-25 17:06:00 | I remembered the ZX80, the keyboard was horrible to type on :) We called it the "Chiclette" keyboard...shaped like the little pillows of gum in a hard candy shell. It made a horrible clicking sound too. Popular gum; pitiful keys. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 472966 | 2006-07-26 03:38:00 | A friend of mine fitted a full size keyboard to his ZX81. | Graham L (2) | ||
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