Does anyone remember or have any experience with a Z80 based machine called 'The Sorcerer'? I remember my Dad had one, before the days of Commodore Vic20, and cost him as much as a small house to buy !
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert martin Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2006 1:05 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] You say potatoe I say.... Wrote my first basic app for it (ZX81) in primary school. It was a guess this number game (higher / lower). A rich friend had one, he even had the 4k upgrade and the thermal printer. This printed on silver paper the same width as a EFTPOS receipt. (32 this year) - Old married man with Children (1) and an XBOX. Rob Martin Software Engineer phone +64 03 377 0495 fax +64 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com Wild Software Ltd Dave Jollie wrote: >You guys aren't very old. I started with a Sinclair ZX80 with 1k RAM and >4K rom. I think the clock speed was pretty low too. However, someone >managed to code space invaders into 1K and that was my favourite game. >It had chunky graphics in black and white and was pretty much the first >personal computer that was affordable for a teenager like me. It saved >code to cassettes and had a jelly keypad. Awesome days! > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2006 11:26 a.m. >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [DUG] You say potatoe I say.... > >I don't think we win by being older. Quite the opposite in fact. > >Anyhow, since I am old I am going to ramble on about the good old days >for a bit (it's what old fellas do after all) > >When I was getting my computing qualification we had to do a module >called introduction to computers or something along those lines. In the >first week we where taught dos commands. Dir /w, del *.* /s, Format c: >and the like. There was a pretty, but fairly vacant girl sitting next >to me in the first week. Half way through the lesson she exclaimed >loudly "I just don't get it, what's the point of DOS!". This was in the >start of the Win 95 days where windows was still just a shell on top of >good old DOS. I guess it's a fair question, but it was kind of like >asking a chicken what the point of eggs was. > >Guy > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of tracey >Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2006 10:57 a.m. >To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' >Subject: RE: [DUG] You say potatoe I say.... > >Ok james and guy.. you win.. experienced it is then (I'm older than both >of you but only came into the game in the PII years :) > > >CONFIDENTIALITY: This email (including any attachments) may contain >confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorised >disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this email in error, >please notify the sender and delete this email from your system. > > >_______________________________________________ >Delphi mailing list >[email protected] >http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > >_______________________________________________ >Delphi mailing list >[email protected] >http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
