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by Alarm Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:20 am 0
At a press conference at the Churchill Hotel on Friday the 23rd of April 1982, Sir Clive Sinclair revealed to the world his new home computer: the ZX Spectrum.
Huzzah! Happy anniversary to my favourite home micro.
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by gilesgoat Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:21 am 0
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by Zzap64! Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:22 am 0
My most favourite, beautiful machine of all time!
Praise be to the lord that is Sir Clive.
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by The Caffeine Kid Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:23 am 0
Beautiful as it ever was. (Which is to say "very".)
Sooo many memories - thank you Sir Clive.
Shame you lost all your money on an electric roller-clog.
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by kalmar Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:24 am 0
It was acceptable in the 80s.
(just show, no stabby stabby)
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by Dio Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:24 am 0
The design of it is just phenomenal. It still looks like a proper bit of kit now in many ways.
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by kalmar Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:25 am 0
C64 was a lot better though.
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by HGFB Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:25 am 0
It's not a C64 but damn you've got to love that little beast.
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by Sir_LANs-a-lot Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:28 am 0
HGFB wrote: It's not a C64 but damn you've got to love that little beast.
Really?
I think I'd prefer Sabre Wulf meself..
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by Junosix Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:29 am 0
In a way it kind of looks better now than it did then. Absolutely timeless.
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by 20thCenturyBoy Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:29 am 0
The C64 was a big beige turd. How can you not love something with a rainbow in the corner!
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by HGFB Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:30 am 0
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote: HGFB wrote: It's not a C64 but damn you've got to love that little beast.
Really?
I think I'd prefer Sabre Wulf meself..
Not if the best they can do is the GBA version.
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by Sir_LANs-a-lot Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:30 am 0
20thCenturyBoy wrote: The C64 was a big beige turd. How can you not love something with a rainbow in the corner!
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by Meatpuppet Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:30 am 0
The Spectrum was the LSD for the 80's.
Thanks Clive for expanding our RAM..
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by Sir_LANs-a-lot Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:32 am 0
Dio wrote: The design of it is just phenomenal. It still looks like a proper bit of kit now in many ways.
Stick a clamshell screen on it and SD-Card slots for storage and laptop battery and you'd be good to go!
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