Re: My first computer was...

...a Sinclair Spectrum 128+.

128k of memory. 3.75MHz processor. Awesome computing power!

My favourite games used to take 5 minutes to load from tape, complete with squawks and flashes. Ah, those were the days.

Now my TI-85 calculator uses the same ZX80 processor - most modern mobile phones are more powerful :-)

Update: Oh, and is it just the way I type, or were the keyboards on the 128+ evil?
I used to literally bleed after a long session messing around on that machine, due to the hard square-edged keys digging into my fingers. Ouch.

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Re: Re: My first computer was... by vek (Prior) on Jul 04, 2003 at 20:14 UTC
...or were the keyboards on the 128+ evil? Although better than those rubber keys the 128's little brother (Spectrum 48k) had I suspect? -- vek --	[reply]
Re**3: My first computer was... by belg4mit (Prior) on Jul 04, 2003 at 20:20 UTC
The "proper" term for those keys (used on some other boxen as well) appears to be "chiclets". `-- I'm not belgian but I play one on TV.`	[reply]

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