From: spike1 on
Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson(a)sfks.se> did eloquently scribble:
> agila61(a)netscape.net writes:

>> the Spectrum is preferable for carrying around in public, being an
>> ideal babe magnet, while the C64 is preferable plugged in at home,
>> for use as a computer.

> What happens if one owns both a ZX Spectrum and a Commodore 64? You
> bring the Speccy with you to pick up girls, and when you arrive in
> your home, they will spot the Commode and get turned off... ;-)

hide it?
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From: Lister on
On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:38:34 GMT, spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote:

>Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson(a)sfks.se> did eloquently scribble:
>> agila61(a)netscape.net writes:
>
>>> the Spectrum is preferable for carrying around in public, being an
>>> ideal babe magnet, while the C64 is preferable plugged in at home,
>>> for use as a computer.
>
>> What happens if one owns both a ZX Spectrum and a Commodore 64? You
>> bring the Speccy with you to pick up girls, and when you arrive in
>> your home, they will spot the Commode and get turned off... ;-)
>
>hide it?


Use it as a door stop, of course




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From: spike1 on
Lister <fache(a)spamclara.net> did eloquently scribble:
> On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:38:34 GMT, spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote:

>>Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson(a)sfks.se> did eloquently scribble:
>>> agila61(a)netscape.net writes:
>>
>>>> the Spectrum is preferable for carrying around in public, being an
>>>> ideal babe magnet, while the C64 is preferable plugged in at home,
>>>> for use as a computer.
>>
>>> What happens if one owns both a ZX Spectrum and a Commodore 64? You
>>> bring the Speccy with you to pick up girls, and when you arrive in
>>> your home, they will spot the Commode and get turned off... ;-)
>>
>>hide it?

> Use it as a door stop, of course

In full view of the lady?
Are you maaaaad?
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From: cheveron@gmail.com on
Hot girls, the kind C64 users could never get a date with... but I
digress ;)

Adam wrote:

> What about those of us with the Spectrum (+3), C64 (well, C128D) and
> BBC computers in frequent use?

Utterly hatstand.

I do plan on doing some C128 hacking one of these days though (because
it's the only way I can write for the Commodore without having to learn
too much 6502).

> (given that the BBC was clearly
> technically better than both the Speccy and C64 (at least for the
> hackability factor))

Nothing is quite as hackable as the Speccy. I mean you can build one on
bread-board with off the shelf compononents!

> Speaking of which, does anyone know how to get the Sinclair BBC Basic
> working on the +3?

In theory you should be able to run BBC Basic in RAM, but that's not
supported at the moment, so in practice you'll need to burn an EPROM
with BBC Basic in ROM 0 and the original ROM from the 48K machine in
ROM 1.

Of course that kills disk drive support. If you do any 128 Basic
programming the +2 ROM is worth using as it's less buggy than the one
in the UK 128. Or you could use the original Spanish ROM with its built
in text editor.

From: Lister on
On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:18:38 GMT, spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote:

>Lister <fache(a)spamclara.net> did eloquently scribble:
>> On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:38:34 GMT, spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote:
>
>>>Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson(a)sfks.se> did eloquently scribble:
>>>> agila61(a)netscape.net writes:
>>>
>>>>> the Spectrum is preferable for carrying around in public, being an
>>>>> ideal babe magnet, while the C64 is preferable plugged in at home,
>>>>> for use as a computer.
>>>
>>>> What happens if one owns both a ZX Spectrum and a Commodore 64? You
>>>> bring the Speccy with you to pick up girls, and when you arrive in
>>>> your home, they will spot the Commode and get turned off... ;-)
>>>
>>>hide it?
>
>> Use it as a door stop, of course
>
>In full view of the lady?
>Are you maaaaad?
Yes, I'm utterly hatstand!




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