New Package, System, and Review

I received a package in the mail the other day on this unique vintage computer.

Dinkydana.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DlNKYDANA

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• yt:crop=16:9
• new
• package
• vintage
• computer
• Timex
• Sincliar
• 1000
• Gamester81
• Starwarsnut77
• Dinkydana

[KevinLieber]

Didn't you get two? Are they both really dark when you hook them up?

[Gamester81]

Yeah I'm frustrated because both of them were dark.

[MNC122703]

This is super cool man , how does the cassette play the games ?? does it work with the computers memory???

[Gamester81]

You know I think it does work with the memory and I'm not sure how it reads it from the cassette. It's pretty cool though. Check out my vid over the Starpath Supercharger if you haven't seen it already. It shows how it works for the Atari 2600.

[MNC122703]

hey bro , I tagged you , its in the how many times was I tagged video , its the video right before my latest bro , if you do it or not

you wont be a dick lol Your a super cool dude eatherway

[Gamester81]

Cool Mike. Thanks for the tag. I'll check it out.

[rmx77]

my parents had the exact same computer. they didnt have the add on cartrages or any of the tape drives or anything but its long gone. i remember it though sad its gone :( i wish i could get one and alter it to run some awesome stuff

[DARKJURNEY]

Great to see such an obscure machine getting some publicity, has always. I dont think timex teamed up with sinclair to make the machine ,they just to put a label on the zx81 that says timex .

Always looking forward to your next hardware review

[JonnyInfinite]

the Sinclair ZX 81 was kinda a running joke in the '80s over here, known for being primitive. If you're interested in Sinclair, the company owned by Sir Clive Sinclair, i'd recommend the recent BBC drama 'Micro Men' which documents the events of that era.

[rkoguy]

@cgohma hmmmmmmm interesting.

[cgohma]

The Tape drives on these older computer worked very much Like a telephone modem they used sound modulation

[thegalaxybeing]

I had a Timex Sinclair 1000 and the cassette merely stores the games and you load them into the computer (slow process) One cool note. There was a "Maze" game for this computer that was actually in first person. It was very slow but still fun at the time. I had "Flight Simulator too. Also very slow I still found it fascinating!!

[medog2020]

@TheInsanemonkeyboy 3.14

[TheInsanemonkeyboy]

@medog2020 MMMM PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[medog2020]

@TheInsanemonkeyboy Get yourself a Pi.

[TheInsanemonkeyboy]

@medog2020 And how would I do that? Its been 10 years since I was in college....