I used to have a Spectrum +2? One of the little keyboards with rubber keys
and a tape drive! Still have it in the loft at my parents with all the
original games too! Damn how I used to love sitting in front of a screen
blinking red/blue/green colours at me, screaming like a drowning cat while
it
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Subject: RE: OT : Sinclair was RE: Metalink Again
One of the RD guys says he has a prett good collection of
this kind of early stuff from the PC industry, he says that
there aren't much of any good museums of PC technology (yet).
There is still have at least one Sinclair gas station left. It's near the
intersection of Interstate 90 and U.S. Highway 151 in Madison Wisconsin.
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I thought it was a green dinosaur on
Ben,
I can vouch for that one - I gassed up there last Saturday while driving
from New Jersey to Minneapolis ( a loong drive)
stayed overnight in Madison , a very nice town. Went into a little brewpub
near the capitol, E Wilson street ?? - i forget
Brian
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Sweet Minneapolis! i did that drive once when I moved back to Jersey. Whoa
what a drive!!
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Ben,
I can vouch for that one - I gassed up there last Saturday while
Actually, there is more than one. There are at least three in Omaha, NE
along. (Maybe more, but I don't drive by any others on a regular basis.
Terry
"Schilling, Ben" wrote:
There is still have at least one Sinclair gas station left. It's near the
intersection of Interstate 90 and U.S.
Sounds like denial after the fact to me. If you believe these quotes:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/8009/bill.gates.quotes.html
it's easy to think he changes his tune allot.
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Pierce
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 5:51 PM
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On 5 Apr 2001, at 9:47, David Messer wrote:
Sounds like denial after the fact to me. If you believe these quotes:
That is certainly a possibility, but not "proven". The site
you cite obviously is not a bona fide journalistic/historical/research
site, and the content would easily fail any
Title: RE: OT : Sinclair was RE: Metalink Again
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it's easy to think he changes his tune allot.
That is the impression I also get. but that doesn't strictly
disprove the veracity of the claim on the other site
But, Eric, I'm not out to prove anything. I'm only trying to show Gates in
the worst light possible. My desire to do so derives from working day in
and day out with Microsoft products.
Regards,
DM
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Pierce
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Wow, it was like the Tandy for the UK. I didn't get my first computer until
I was like 20 or 21. I am jealous of all of the people who got started
early.
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Sinclair
I had a Spectrum 48K and the rest of the story is about the same for me.
Same downward spiral and all...
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Sinclair was a brand of personal computers that came out in the UK about 20
In 1982ish, Dad brought home a used TRS-80 mod III with 16k ram and a tape
drive. Started a downward spiral. I tried to get out, no I really did.
Got a degree in mathematics instead of CompSci. Joined the Air Force as an
aircraft maintenance officer. But alas, it didn't last. I spent my time
I've got my Commodore 64.
Brian L. Anderson
Flunky/SA/DBA/DERT
Darton College
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Any more spectrum owners out there that want to admit to it ?
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001,Dasko, Dan scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:
-In 1982ish, Dad brought home a used TRS-80 mod III with 16k ram and a tape
all you youngsters! i started programming in 1968 [yes i *am* that old, yes we
*did* to have computers back then.;-)] first project was a payroll
Yea I started with the ZX 80, got a kit and built it.
My background is on the hardware end of MainFrames,
so I borrowed a Logic Analyzer from Work, hooked it up,
and scoped all the revelent CPU timings, using memory loops and BIOS calls,
what fun that was.
Then we got the TIMEX version of
I did get my revenge on TIMEX though,
put that Spectrum on eBay last year,
and got $150 US for it.
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Yea I started with the ZX 80, got a kit and built it.
My background is on the hardware end of
Me too! But I kept comparing the different brands: ZX spectrum, Tandy, Texas
Instruments (99/4A), BBC, etc. and ended up buying TX 99/4A b/c it had 32bit
Architecture and Graphics CPU (dedicated Graphics Processor).
But I could not expand it since it was very expensive for me to buy any of
its
And I thought it was an old oil company. Their gas station symbol was a
dinosaur (not to be confused with "put a tiger in your tank"). I vaguely
recall the Sinclair exhibit at the 1967 World's Fair, and I still have a
blue plastic model of one of their dinosaurs.
Henry
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Wasn't there a famous or infamous quote stating
640K should be enough for anyone?
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Well, at the risk of sounding like a weirdo, I consider this a job, not a
lifestyle. I didn't get a home computer until I had to have one to log in to
work from home.
I remember looking at those Sinclairs, couldn't figure out how one of'em
could possibly be useful. Bought a new pair of skis
One of the RD guys says he has a prett good collection of
this kind of early stuff from the PC industry, he says that
there aren't much of any good museums of PC technology (yet).
At least for historical interest reasons, it might be worth
holding onto, especially if you have something that is
I got a Commodore VIC20. Icky. You could only program in BASIC but you could
store stuff on a regular audio cassette tape. You didn't need a monitor
because you hooked it up to your TV... however you could probably learn more
about computer science by just watching TV. ;-)
A year later I went to
Yes, it was Bill Gates who said it, long ago. I saw it on one of those
"quote of the day" calendars once but can't seem to find it just now.
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Chris
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Wasn't there a famous or infamous
There it is:
http://hjones.freeyellow.com/qcompute.htm
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Wasn't there a famous or infamous quote stating
640K should be enough for anyone?
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according to the following, the "640k" quote is an urban legend:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/celebrities/bill.gates/gates_memory.html
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