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Points: 865 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 03 2007 at 18:47
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Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

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I had the amazing Etch'n'sketch Deluxe.

and I'm using it right now!


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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

I've got a spectrum emulator installed in my PC and I use it from time to time to play old games like Manic Miner, Nightshade or Bubble Bobble. LOL

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I play old-school RPG's with my emulator
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I've got a spectrum emulator installed in my PC and I use it from time to time to play old games like Manic Miner, Nightshade or Bubble Bobble. LOL

World of Spectrum
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

I had the mighty ZX81 complete with programs loaded from tapes and a really early version of BASIC. =) peek poke goto

I had one of those. It came with a massive 1K of memory, which I expanded to an enormous 16K with the expansion pack which fitted (loosely) in the back. I bought a few games on cassette but could never get them to load. And the keyboard was horrible.
Still, it got me into programming and here I am many years later, still programming in (Visual) Basic.
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Apple //c with 128K of RAM and a 65C02 processor (1.4 MHz).
Got it for Christmas in either 84 or 85.
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I bought my first computer only in 2002. It was an Acer notebook. It had a 2-year warranty which was to expire in October 2004. In December 2004 its screen went completely out of order...
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Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Originally posted by Atomic_Rooster Atomic_Rooster wrote:

I had the amazing Etch'n'sketch Deluxe.

and I'm using it right now!


What's that? Confused


a device utilizing knobs that are used to spell out letters on a screen - very high-tech
I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers.
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Originally posted by Atomic_Rooster Atomic_Rooster wrote:

I had the amazing Etch'n'sketch Deluxe.

and I'm using it right now!


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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

Charles Bukowski
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My first computer was a BBC B, unfortunately we've no longer got it. Unhappy
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I had the amazing Etch'n'sketch Deluxe.

and I'm using it right now!
I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers.
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I had the mighty ZX81 complete with programs loaded from tapes and a really early version of BASIC. =) peek poke goto
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Points: 13536 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 03 2007 at 15:47
Let's talk about vintage computers! What was your first computer? This was mine:



The Timex Computer 2048 was a ZX Spectrum clone and featured:
- Z80A CPU clocked at 3.58 MHz
- 48KB of RAM
- 16 KB ROM (Almost the same as the ZX Spectrum)
- Edge connector compatible with the ZX Spectrum, but missing RGB signals, and the /BE signal.
- RF out connector.
- Ear / Mic Connectors
- Kempston Joystick Connector.
- Extended screen modes when compared with the ZX Spectrum;
- On/Off switch.

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Edited by Tuzvihar - May 03 2007 at 15:58
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

Charles Bukowski
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