Sinclair ZX81 (Timex Sinclair 1000) System Review
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Great video.
I wonder how many kids started out their IT careers by programming on ZX81/Speccy/C64.
What skills do kids learn these days riding a mario cart ?
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@namco21gamefreak If you're in the UK, I recommend either ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, or Atari 8-bit machines to start.
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I think it would have been possible to have sound from a ZX81 since it has a audio out for saving data, with some kind of clever coding I dont see any reason why that couldn't have been used that way and maybe be as good as the beeeper on the spectrum. I always found basic hard on the spectrum becuase of how the keyboard is set up (never had a ZX81), but learning basic on my first ever computer, an Amstrad CPC464 was easy as pi.
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Interesting video mate, how much are these things worth these days?
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I had the TS1000 version. It was one of the first computers I owned. I spent hours programming it. Loved this machine.
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She only contains one chip? That's hot. That makes me want one :-)
She had a "FOR" key :-) ... "L. PRINT" :-) and a "CLEAR" key..."LET" "NEW LINE"... Lots of beautiful words on that girl :-D
Oh... I had a co-worker who had an external harddrive that would overheat unless he put a glass of water ontop of her... and he told us all that he now had a "water cooled harddrive" :-D
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@madcapoperator Microsoft was always very profitable. For all it's flaws, DOS/Windows/PC was incredibly flexible and won the war for good reasons. If the PC has a floppy disk, you can still boot 99% of pc's with a dos boot disk! You also have to remember that it's flaws were well known because so many people were using them. THe only thing that came close was OS/2 and it had far more flaws than dos/windows.
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@christo930 windows?
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Interesting video mate, how much are these things worth these days? I want to start collecting old computers and I think the ZX80 is a good start maybe.
namco21gamefreak 5 months ago
@namco21gamefreak The ZX81 can go for in the region of £30 to £50, though don't be surprised to see them go for significantly more... or less.
ZX80s can go for up to £300.
SteveBenway 5 months ago