Newspeak Minitrue

Winston Hope Smith Newspaper from Ireland |

Log in Register

Retro - Spectrum 48k |

Published in Ireland - Social interactions and entertainment - 15 - 18 Feb 20 15:11

Does anyone remember these bad boys?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ZXSpectrum48k.jpg/1280px-ZXSpectrum48k.jpg
When I was a teenager my brother got one... You kids might not know but to have a PC in the early eighties was a big deal, and expensive, and this little box of tricks was an affordable solution for those of us suffering the recession that Thatchers Britain inflicted on the world.
You had to write your programmes in Basic and yes you needed a line number. 
You uploaded/saved programmes via a tape deck and video output was via an RF port  to your TV.
Hours and hours I spent typing programmes in from magazines only to find I made an error in some character or other.  
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Hobbit_adventure_packaging.jpg


So I decided to try pick up one and reminisce (ask my brother if he still has his) and Ill let you all know what happens.
Here is a vid on another persons journey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKiOEmQCKww

Support

ednaudel boyFighter 007El TarloEl TarloEl TarloVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISADeflectionDeflectionDeflectionKavehLiveD666

Comments (15)

18 Feb 20 15:12
Winston Hope Smith

First denied

18 Feb 20 16:12
Gigi Sullivan

wow

18 Feb 20 17:42
del boy

this is pretty cool

18 Feb 20 20:58
Fighter 007

waw good old days

19 Feb 20 02:53
El Tarlo

:cry:

19 Feb 20 03:20
VISA

analog times

19 Feb 20 06:30
Unicornio Patriota

Amstrad CPC rulez!

19 Feb 20 06:34
Unicornio Patriota

And Manic Miner

19 Feb 20 06:34
ktab

I remember having melted cauldron game at the time xD

19 Feb 20 06:42
Deflection

Good one, I would be glad to play on something like this for a bit

19 Feb 20 06:49
Nebra007

spectrum and atari good old times, i had commodore64 XD

19 Feb 20 16:26
Theivin Nigr

lol when i was a kid, we had an abacus

19 Feb 20 20:47
Winston Hope Smith

lol @ PritorDan :)

20 Feb 20 01:07
El Tarlo

you werent the only one @PritorDan ...

20 Feb 20 12:34
Winston Hope Smith

I remember when students were first allowed to use calculators in exams... yes Im that old :D