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From: Jim on 25 Feb 2010 05:47 On 2010-02-25, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> > >> > 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. The Oric *Atmos* keyboard was a rather nice full travel one. Tad small, but a good feel. The Oric *1* keyboard was those thin, calculator-style keys that started hurting after about 10 minutes. > And when it comes to it, the 'zapp' keyword never did make it into any > other basic Heh! 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: Jim on 25 Feb 2010 05:49 On 2010-02-25, Duncan Kennedy <no-spam(a)nospam.otterson-bg.couk> wrote: >> >>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? > Forth. As I recall (might be wrong) the Ace was produced by people who had left Sinclair. 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: Chris Ridd on 25 Feb 2010 05:49 On 2010-02-25 10:35:17 +0000, Duncan Kennedy said: > 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? Forth, wasn't it? -- Chris
From: Duncan Kennedy on 25 Feb 2010 05:42 In message <89+WuEClJlhLFwro(a)btinternet.com>, Duncan Kennedy <no-spam(a)nospam.otterson-bg.couk> writes >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? > I'm doing a Peter - it wasn't Fortran anyway, was it? Forth? -- Duncan K Downtown Dalgety Bay
From: Peter Ceresole on 25 Feb 2010 05:56
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > Was Jupiter the one that ran Fortran or was that something else of the > > period? > > Forth, wasn't it? Wasn't there a plugin chip that, with some surgery involved like getting inside, would turn the ZX-81 into a Forth machine? -- Peter |