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From: Jim on 25 Feb 2010 05:26 On 2010-02-25, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> I think if it had been a zx81 with a strapped on battery it probably >> wouldn't have just worked well! > > Yes. I was confusing the processor with the Worst Keyboard In The World > machine. That would be either the Speccy or the Mattel Aquarius. Both 'dead flesh'-style keyboards. But the clincher would be the Jupiter Ace - a dead flesh keyboard in a very flimsy case. They fetch a bloody fortune on eBay, due to being somewhat rare. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Woody on 25 Feb 2010 05:38 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-02-25, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Should that be ZX81, or Z80? I am not familliar with the NC200. > >> >> > >> >> You're right- it was a Z80. To be honest, I'd never really cared about > >> >> the insides. It Just Worked. The only thing I did that was odd was to > >> >> make a battery pack for it using a Maplins holder and D cells > >> > > >> > I think if it had been a zx81 with a strapped on battery it probably > >> > wouldn't have just worked well! > >> > >> ZX81s were used in a lot of battery powered stuff, surely? They only > >> needed, what, 9v or thereabouts? They got used a lot for smallscale > >> robotic stuff. > > > > Not so useful for carrying round and typing on though. > > Good point. The 14" TV would need a crateload of car batteries and would > definitely reduce the portability somewhat. Well, you *could* use a sinclair TV! and I guess a really really big font, made of block characters -- Woody
From: Woody on 25 Feb 2010 05:38 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-02-25, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> I think if it had been a zx81 with a strapped on battery it probably > >> wouldn't have just worked well! > > > > Yes. I was confusing the processor with the Worst Keyboard In The World > > machine. > > That would be either the Speccy or the Mattel Aquarius. Both 'dead > flesh'-style keyboards. > > But the clincher would be the Jupiter Ace - a dead flesh keyboard in a very > flimsy case. I don't know, the oric atmos keyboard got a bit tiring after a while. And when it comes to it, the 'zapp' keyword never did make it into any other basic -- Woody
From: Duncan Kennedy on 25 Feb 2010 05:35 In message <slrnhock1s.2ddj.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> writes >On 2010-02-25, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> I think if it had been a zx81 with a strapped on battery it probably >>> wouldn't have just worked well! >> >> Yes. I was confusing the processor with the Worst Keyboard In The World >> machine. > >That would be either the Speccy or the Mattel Aquarius. Both 'dead >flesh'-style keyboards. > >But the clincher would be the Jupiter Ace - a dead flesh keyboard in a very >flimsy case. > Was Jupiter the one that ran Fortran or was that something else of the period? -- Duncan K Downtown Dalgety Bay
From: Duncan Kennedy on 25 Feb 2010 05:33
In message <1jegqvz.8qdz9f114g7pyN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes >Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-02-25, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Should that be ZX81, or Z80? I am not familliar with the NC200. >> >> >> >> You're right- it was a Z80. To be honest, I'd never really cared about >> >> the insides. It Just Worked. The only thing I did that was odd was to >> >> make a battery pack for it using a Maplins holder and D cells >> > >> > I think if it had been a zx81 with a strapped on battery it probably >> > wouldn't have just worked well! >> >> ZX81s were used in a lot of battery powered stuff, surely? They only needed, >> what, 9v or thereabouts? They got used a lot for smallscale robotic stuff. > >Not so useful for carrying round and typing on though. > It was the 12in TV monitor that was the killer on a bike! :-) Now the Z88 with its 8 lines of text and running Pipedream was something else - would run from Kings X to Waverley on a couple of sets of 5 rechargeable AAs. -- Duncan K Downtown Dalgety Bay |