N. Dunbar wrote:-
>My Sinclair addictions started before that :
>- I always wanted a 'Scientific' calculator - untill I found out about
RPN.
>A fried had one back in school around 1973-74-75 ish, and when you did 0 0
>divide, it started a stop watch counting upwards in seconds :o)
My Dad had an "Executive" Sinclair calculator in the late 1970's - the one
with the red LED style readout. Used it for years, and swapped it for a
"decent casio one" ages ago. Probably worth a small fortune now... I only
realised it was a Sinclair after I got my Speccy and saw the logos were the
same.
>- I wanted a 'black watch' - but never had one.
>- I wanted a 'matchbox radio' - never got one.
Me too :-)) I have a Sinclair TV though.... And one of the new X-1 FM
radios he is currently selling on his website.
>- I did get a ZX-81, and it was hooked from then. I wouldn't be where I am
>today (ie Married and working with Oracle) without the ZX-81, so I've been
>at it since about 1981-82.
A bit longer than me. I went from a 16K Speccy to a 48K one via a RAM
upgrade for my birthday in June 1984. Then to a 128K Speccy Plus, and then
the QL. I now have ALL the speccys - 16K,48K,Plus,128K,128K+2(grey and
black models) and the 128K+3. Also a ZX81 and recently a ZX80 which I think
will be my pension one day... I have a collection of about 70 computers at
home most with original boxes, manuals and cables (easy know I wasn't
married..;-)) I'll sell them all when I'm 50 and retire.. ;-)) Orics, BBC
b's, Electrons, Archimedes, A Sord M-5, Aquarius, Dragon 32, Commodore
Vic-20 and 64, a PET, an Osborne, tandy TRS80, Texas Ti-499a, and loads of
various Ataris.. loads more too. Sad, aren't I?
>- ZX81, much modified, upgraded to a 16K Spectrum - complete with rubber
>keyboard. Was I the only person who liked that keyboard ?
Yes ;)) I got a SAGA Emperor keyboard upgrade in 1986, cost nearly as much
as the spectrum did initially, but it finally looked like a real
computer... I fitted it myself, and was dead chuffed when it worked.
>- Spectrum, now with IF1, Cheetah memory pack, two microdrives, that
speech
>processor, and a thermal (non-sinclair) printer, upgraded to a QL.
I still have all these too. The Currah Microspeech still works too, or did
last time I tried it about a year ago.
Still have about 400 original cassette programs on tape too. All in the
roofspace.
>Happy days.
Indeed. Computing has affected all our lives in amazing ways. I still
remember the awe of amazement when I first pushed a key and saw that letter
appear on the screen. I was hooked immediately.
Cheers,
Darren.
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