04-07-2010 02:31 PM
04-07-2010 02:44 PM
Wow... That's a while back... QDOS and the Sinclair PC's.. back in the days of CP/M
04-07-2010 03:24 PM
Ray.R wrote:Wow... That's a while back... QDOS and the Sinclair PC's.. back in the days of CP/M
My very first computer was a Sinclair 1000. Brings back memories. You had to use a casette recorder to store and retrieve your programs. I used an old black and white portable TV as a monitor. It had 1K of memory with an expansion slot to hold a 16K memory module. I remember thinking that I would never use 16K. But I obtained a pin out of the expansion slot and designed my own parallel port. First of its kind since there was not one available on the market at that time. I guess I'm showing how old I am.
04-07-2010 03:34 PM
I had one of those. It had those plastic membrane keys that weren't real keys, didn't it? And I remember each key had an alternate graphics block to it like different checkerboard patterns.
tbob wrote:
My very first computer was a Sinclair 1000. Brings back memories. You had to use a casette recorder to store and retrieve your programs. I used an old black and white portable TV as a monitor. It had 1K of memory with an expansion slot to hold a 16K memory module. I remember thinking that I would never use 16K. But I obtained a pin out of the expansion slot and designed my own parallel port. First of its kind since there was not one available on the market at that time. I guess I'm showing how old I am.
04-07-2010 03:53 PM
I have heard the word "Kudos" too many times in here that it is starting to sound funny!! 🙂 Is it just me? Like when you say the word "bowl" too many times at a stretch, it sounds like something else. hehe
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04-07-2010 04:43 PM
Ravens Fan wrote:I had one of those. It had those plastic membrane keys that weren't real keys, didn't it? And I remember each key had an alternate graphics block to it like different checkerboard patterns.
tbob wrote:
My very first computer was a Sinclair 1000. Brings back memories. You had to use a casette recorder to store and retrieve your programs. I used an old black and white portable TV as a monitor. It had 1K of memory with an expansion slot to hold a 16K memory module. I remember thinking that I would never use 16K. But I obtained a pin out of the expansion slot and designed my own parallel port. First of its kind since there was not one available on the market at that time. I guess I'm showing how old I am.
Mine was a Dragon.
04-07-2010 06:46 PM
Here's a trip down memory lane...
Do you remember "bubble memory"? LOL!! Back then I never imagined I'd have 4TB of hard-drives inside a mere PC.
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04-07-2010 10:31 PM
04-08-2010 01:21 AM
I started of on a 16k Spectrum, later upgraded to the C64. The basic programming on the Spectrum was fun as any of the rubber keys had like 5 functions, so pressing 'P' at the beginning of a line automatically typed 'Print', in an attemt of sorts to have the readability of basic but as few keyboard presses as assembler.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX_Spectrum
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04-08-2010 01:39 AM
Ha, youve got to love it. I have spent the past 2 weeks on here helping a guy out with a project without the faintest hint of a Kudos and then i recieve 2 for taking the mick out of someone for getting 14 kudos's for answering 'What is a Kudos'. Perhaps i should direct the guy im helping to this post??
I wish i could join in the conversation about old computers but im only 31, so way to young for that
I did used to love the sound of my Spectrum Sinclair loading Barbarian, should bring it out on itunes so i can listen to it again.