I started on a more "advanced" model: Sinclair ZX Spectrum. 16kB ROM / 48kB RAMHoudini wrote:
I started programming in 1982, on a ZX-81.

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I started on a more "advanced" model: Sinclair ZX Spectrum. 16kB ROM / 48kB RAMHoudini wrote:
I started programming in 1982, on a ZX-81.
TimexAdminX wrote:Yes that's it. It was called a Timex Sinclair ZX81 here in the US when I 1st bought it. Amazing days indeed.Houdini wrote:Ted,
Yes, a Sinclair ZX-81 (don't know about the Timex part), a small black box with lousy keyboard and only 1 kilobyte of RAM - including the video memory!
Amazing days.
"The Timex Sinclair 1000 is the North American version of the Sinclair ZX-81, from British based Sinclair Research Ltd. They are nearly identical, except for the name on the front, and minor motherboard layout differences."yanquis1972 wrote:TimexAdminX wrote:Yes that's it. It was called a Timex Sinclair ZX81 here in the US when I 1st bought it. Amazing days indeed.Houdini wrote:Ted,
Yes, a Sinclair ZX-81 (don't know about the Timex part), a small black box with lousy keyboard and only 1 kilobyte of RAM - including the video memory!
Amazing days.
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in case anyone doesn't know, since my existence at least timex is known for cheap glowing clocks & watches. hilarious for me to think of a timex pc.
yanquis1972 wrote:looks like a real powerhouse![]()
at least it sounds from that article like timex just slapped their name onto it instead of designing it themselves, so the world was definitely saved an even shittier computer.