nerd Q on Sinclair ZX Spectrum monitor / TV

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can anyone remember the Sharp MZ80k? Built in tape deck and monitor - type of machine you could really make the nerve-centre of your business!

calzino, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link

hah! proper bit of kit was that!

I can remember going to a computer club at the local community centre in the 80's which was just basically a hub of software piracy and violence. And saying that - copying games on a tape to tape deck there was usually a very slim chance of it working. There was a violent Scottish woman who used to wear slippers in the town centre and swear 50 times a minute. Someone borrowed some hardware off her boyfriend and broke it and she beat him up quite badly and pushed him down some stone steps outside!

calzino, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link

from what i can remember of the MZ80k was that all the games on it seemed to written in basic and utilising its own built in graphics/symbols set.

calzino, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link

xp kind of like a mini version of the Commodore PET ? Getting 1970's goosepimples just looking at those pictures.

Ste, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link

urgh I really want a retro looking keyboard with orange, black and white keys. Seems you have to buy a keyboard and then buy the keys separately but sounds like a great recipe for me breaking those said keys.

https://www.retrosetup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2delt.jpg

Ste, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 09:33 (four years ago) link

also, what's with that small Return key?

Ste, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 09:38 (four years ago) link

we all hate to see diminishing returns

que pasa picasso (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 09:42 (four years ago) link


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