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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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