I started with a 16K speccy, after previously having a ZX-81.
Remember the dreaded "RAMpack wobble" ?
How about the Romantic Robot Multiface One?
Or the horribly unreliable ZX MicroDrive (Remember the rumour about putting them under a cardboard pyramid to get them working again?)
CRASH magazine, the ZipStick (Mecury switch joystick, similar idea to the Wii), oh the memories.
My favorite POKE with the speccy was one that made it look like it was loading. I used to go down Tottenham Court Road, find a speccy on display and enter something like:
10 Print "<Name of latest game that isn't out yet> Is Loading..."
20 POKE xxxxxx,255
Then go away and come back an hour or so later and watch all the people waiting with hushed breath for the latest Uber game to load. Hahahahaha
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I started with a 16K speccy, after previously having a ZX-81.
Remember the dreaded "RAMpack wobble" ?
How about the Romantic Robot Multiface One?
Or the horribly unreliable ZX MicroDrive (Remember the rumour about putting them under a cardboard pyramid to get them working again?)
CRASH magazine, the ZipStick (Mecury switch joystick, similar idea to the Wii), oh the memories.
My favorite POKE with the speccy was one that made it look like it was loading. I used to go down Tottenham Court Road, find a speccy on display and enter something like:
10 Print "<Name of latest game that isn't out yet> Is Loading..."
20 POKE xxxxxx,255
Then go away and come back an hour or so later and watch all the people waiting with hushed breath for the latest Uber game to load. Hahahahaha