Sinclair ZX80 vintage home computer. Collectors item.

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A short video on the vintage Sinclair ZX80 home computer. A rare collectors item.

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[jonnno100]

steve, thanks for sharing this with us but you really need to check out the zx80 flicker free space invaders video. How they do it is very very clever and I, a programmer, can barely understand it but it really does work and is so impressive.

[SteveBenway]

@jonnno100 Thanks, and yes, I've seen that video... but only after I made this video :)

[madcapoperator]

would one of those little CRT portable tv's work well with a zx81? thinking of getting one for mine just because they're so cheap

[SteveBenway]

@madcapoperator Provided it has a manual analogue tuning dial, yes, most definitely.

[lawnboyspost1975]

I still have a 48k + in my loft, my Dad bought the kit to upgrade the rubber matt version and did it him self. Didn't Sinclair Use Magazine back in the day actually have a tip to keep your zx80 Cool by putting a pint of milk fresh from the fridge on the back half of the unit? Any how I'm sure I remember seeing a game for sale for it in a second hand shop in Bideford in Devon when I was about 10, I think the shop was called Scudders Emporium.

By the way did you see BBC's Micro Men?

[SteveBenway]

@lawnboyspost1975 Heh... pint of milk... I guess it does look kinda fridge coloured. Ironic that it's the milk keeping the ZX80 cool though.

Since making this vid (it was a while back), I've found that games were indeed possible on it, by "racing the beam" and fitting key inputs into the fraction of a second that the display isn't being drawn.

I did see Micro Men. Very entertaining :)

[computerkid1416]

My Grandmother is giving me one of these :) I'm SOOOO excited

[blackcountryme]

Very cool, the first time iv seen one of these things, I like the white case,

Very Space 1999. Imagine having to put up with that screen blink ugh!

But i remember the excitement of having a computer, I can remember that moment ah well what if it was a Mattel Aquarius (I got a spec later)

[judgewest2000]

Congratulations on this video. Really enjoyable.

There's a lot of work that goes into these videos and it is appreciated.

[maiki60fps]

The only way to make money from 48k rubber is to make the fools on ebay think it's never been opened - "sealed in the box"... then the prices skyrocket, believe me...

[mathowlett]

You're right, the 48k Spectrum is like the Sgt. Peppers LP. Everyone thinks it'll be worth money, but it's not because there are still zillions of them about !!