for out 16km expansion pack we tried blue-tac and cellotape to hold it in place and drilled holes in it to keep it cool. In the end ..... we bought a Spectrum......then did the 48kb mem upgrade.....smoking !! :-)
I remember a mate of mine spending all day entering in a hundreds of lines of code from a magazine for a program, and his dog tripped over the power cable......hahahaha....those were the days :-) On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Conor Boyd <[email protected]>wrote: > Nearly, but by the time I could afford one, I got a ZX Spectrum +3 > instead! > > Built-in tape drive, etc. > > I remember those 16kb expansion packs tho'. Wobbly upright things IIRC. > Sort of thing you had to prop upright/wedge in with a piece of lego or > similar! > > Indeed, those were the days... > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *On Behalf Of *Jeremy Coulter > *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 March 2009 12:34 p.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] [DUG-Offtopic] new PC > > ok, here we go then....... who had a a ZX81 then eh?? better stil who had > a ZX81 with a 16kb expansion pack ?? (apart from me) > > Jeremy > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Phil Scadden <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> > As a Schlumerger Trainee I used a PDP 11/23 but I think you will all >> > >> I have fond memories of the PDP as well. The original vax was shared >> with all of DSIR. We had PDP that was the "local" computer till we got >> our vax in 1985. However, >> > have to take a bow to my ex business partner Lawrence Wilkinson as to >> his story with an IBM 360 see here >> > >> Great story. >> >> -- >> Phil Scadden, Senior Scientist GNS Science Ltd 764 Cumberland St, >> Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand Ph +64 3 4799663, fax +64 3 477 >> 5232 >> >> Notice: This email and any attachments are confidential. If received in >> error please destroy and immediately notify us. Do not copy or disclose the >> contents. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: >> unsubscribe >> > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: > unsubscribe >
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