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678444 2008-06-14 22:30:00 I wanting to buy a ZX Spectrum possibly with a micro drive and mannuals.

Am looking at TradeMe, but thought I would perhaps place something here just in case a member to the forums here had one they wanted to part with.

Cheers
shomenno (7767)
678445 2008-06-14 22:33:00 Does it have to be working?
I've got two here that have been sitting in a box for about 10 years.
May even have a micro drive and manuals.
CYaBro (73)
678446 2008-06-15 00:45:00 It would help if at least one was working an a 48k model I guess. I am just looking for something to learn basic programming on.

If you can let me know if one works and how much you are looking to sell the lot price wise we could go from there.
shomenno (7767)
678447 2008-06-15 01:36:00 It would help if at least one was working an a 48k model I guess. I am just looking for something to learn basic programming on.

If you can let me know if one works and how much you are looking to sell the lot price wise we could go from there.

Now to rewrite this in a correct grammatical way lol...

I would be interested in buying the lot off you. But, it would help if at least one of the computers worked as was the 48k version. I am wanting a spectrum to learn to write BASIC on, so depending on the above and how much you are looking to sell for I could be interested.

Regards, Shomenno
shomenno (7767)
678448 2008-06-15 01:51:00 I wanting to buy a ZX Spectrum possibly with a micro drive and mannuals.

Am looking at TradeMe, but thought I would perhaps place something here just in case a member to the forums here had one they wanted to part with.

Cheers

I working ZX Spectrum is a museum piece......
they go on trade me for over $200

if you just want to learn basic then have a look for a basic version for windows..
maybe even visual basic....

your question is like me saying, "I am wanting to learn to drive a car, where can I buy a model T ford?"
robsonde (120)
678449 2008-06-15 02:17:00 Try here : www.thefreecountry.com
or herre : www.freeprogrammingresources.com
etc...

But I imagine fiddling round with an old box would be more fun.
Anyone remember the old Spectravideo... my fav...
www.samdal.com
zcc (50)
678450 2008-06-15 02:27:00 I have seen some go for any between $20-50 on TradeMe and on ebay as little as 20 pounds. Guess its a mater of wait and see. Definitely more fun actually learning on the machine. shomenno (7767)
678451 2008-06-15 06:40:00 Er.........doesn't have to be a spectrum for Basic, you could do Basic on anything.

Friend uses some form of original basic - NOT Visual Basic on his XP PC.
Can't remember its name though.......
pctek (84)
678452 2008-06-15 06:50:00 Qbasic? williamF (115)
678453 2008-06-15 23:22:00 Another option would be to go for something like WinVICE, which is an emulator for the Commodore range of machines (VIC-20, C64 etc).

http://www.viceteam.org/

I think there are some freely available C64 programming manuals floating around too, so you can do some Basic programming.

As an added bonus you can download and play all those great C64 games titles too.
http://arnold.c64.org/
dyewitness (9398)
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