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From: D.M. Procida on 11 Oct 2009 05:39 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Weren't they just? Everyone doing their own thing in their own way, and > compatability didn't matter a damn because the machines simply weren't > powerful enough for it to be a factor. I absolutely loved the old PCW > shows - they were Tech Mecca for me. Did you notice that they had footage of a ca. 1980 computer show, and they showed... an Amstrad CPC! *Everyone* knows the CPC didn't appear until 1984! So I enjoyed a bit of nerdy fun spotting that kind of thing too. Daniele
From: T i m on 11 Oct 2009 05:43 On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:44:07 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >It depicts the battle between Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry in the >early 80's. It spans the time from just before Chris left Sinclair, to >the point that Sinclair Computers are bought by Amstrad. I rather >enjoyed it. I stumbled upon it last night and I enjoyed it too (in a lighthearted sorta way). It was good for me because I lived though most of that era, including flicking through the computer mags looking at the (high) prices and eventually buying a ZX81 in kit form (later building another 20 for friends and family ... nothing changes eh). ;-) 3D Monster Maze on the ZX81 is probably what set me up for Doom. ;-) I never had an Electron, had (have) the BBC B but really only played 'with' it re sideways ROM / RAM / FDD etc. I had (have) several Spectrums and a QL but probably spent most of my time (over all my computers pre the PC) playing with / on the Spectrums (including re-casing one with a real keyboard, not that it helped much). T i m p.s. I built a 'Telly tennis' game kit a while back ... still brings a smile. Going even further back I *think* I built my first Telly Tennis game / kit. Long thin black plastic unit with two rollers (one each end) to move the bats. It wasn't Binatone / Atari / Commodore though ? This was the Maplin one: http://www.maplin.co.uk/DiscontinuedModule.aspx?ModuleNo=28504
From: Jim on 11 Oct 2009 05:42 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > Weren't they just? Everyone doing their own thing in their own way, and > > compatability didn't matter a damn because the machines simply weren't > > powerful enough for it to be a factor. I absolutely loved the old PCW > > shows - they were Tech Mecca for me. > > Did you notice that they had footage of a ca. 1980 computer show, and > they showed... an Amstrad CPC! *Everyone* knows the CPC didn't appear > until 1984! Yep, I noticed that and had a slight wince :-) I also found myself wondering if I was somewhere in that crowd. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jim on 11 Oct 2009 06:16 Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> wrote: > In message <1j7f378.1izjiot1qpwheaN%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> > jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: > > > > But what fun times they were, in that little bubble before it popped. > > > > Weren't they just? Everyone doing their own thing in their own way, and > > compatability didn't matter a damn because the machines simply weren't > > powerful enough for it to be a factor. I absolutely loved the old PCW > > shows - they were Tech Mecca for me. > > Micro mouse competitions with sawn off ZX80s! Gods, I'd forgotten about that! Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Peter Ceresole on 11 Oct 2009 06:54
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > Micro mouse competitions with sawn off ZX80s! > > Gods, I'd forgotten about that! 3-D Monster Maze, the only computer game I ever really liked. -- Peter |