The "leaping" ad was the famous Quantum Leap advert fom the launch of the QL, depicting Clive jumping over all the inferior and more expensive business computers to land beside the QL at £399, (and later reduced to £199!)
Dont ever remember it being £645, unless that was with the microvitec monitor. Watch it as soon as you can, its excellent. I spent the whole 80 minutes being 10 years old again, when I got my 16K Spectrum for Xmas 1983..... And then getting a DIY 48K RAM Upgrade for my Birthday the following June....And a SAGA Emperor keyboard upgrade too Ah, those were the days. I now own all versions of the Spectrum, including all the Amstrad ones, as Well as a, ZX80, ZX81, several QL's, Z88's, and 70 odd other computers... Darren, On 10/9/09, Neil Riley <[email protected]> wrote: > I recorded the program! One strange thing, it showed a TV advert, Clive > Sinclair was leaping over other computers > of the time and it briefly showed the QL and a price of £645 or > thereabouts, Screen included perhaps! Haven't actually > watched the program as yet but no doubt it'll take me back to my > teenage years. > > Just thinking back reminds me of the huge excitement at the thought of > owning my first computer, at the time, the ZX81 :-) > Of course, I really wanted the fantastic ATARI 800 but that was £700+ > so..... ( got one now though ;-) ) > > Ah, Nostalgia ! > > > >>>> Darren Branagh <[email protected]> 09 October 2009 02:17 >>> > Just a quick one, for those interested Micro Men can be viewed for the > next week for free on the BBC's iPlayer service (only if you live in > the UK) > > Follow this link :- > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00n5b92/Micro_Men/ > > It really is worth a look - I totally enjoyed it. > > > Cheers, > > Darren. > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > *********************************************************************************** > The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient. > It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor > may it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact the > company on 01793-715380, then delete it from your system. Please note > neither the company nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses > and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any) for viruses. > No contract may be concluded on behalf of the company by means of email > communications. > > BC Services (UK) Limited (trading as Boxclever), Technology House, > Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9QQ. Registered No. 5290544 England > > www.boxclever.co.uk > *********************************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
