ZX81 is 40 today!

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ZX81 is 40 today!

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Today in 1981, the ZX81 went on sale. Today, 40 years on, they still have a use.
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Here's my contribution:
Sinclair ZX81 Special - 40th anniversary 2021! https://youtu.be/c-Y8L-zFjlE


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NormanDunbar wrote:Today in 1981, the ZX81 went on sale. Today, 40 years on, they still have a use.

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That's cruelty to ZX81's Norm :o


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It came from a Commodore64 fan!

I loved my ZX81. I gave it a keyboard with proper keys, 56K additional RAM everything my student grant (and Access card) could afford!

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An interesting video. Thanks.

You certainly have a lot of space for your old computers!

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NormanDunbar wrote: Image
What a sacrilege!!! :cry:


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Happy Birthday ZX81...my first computer.

I'm starting back to working on the http://ZXSimulator.orgfree.com. My new plan is to finish it on my original QL as I just figured out how to compile again using microdrives and multiple source files --i.e. how I managed it back in 89/90. Except it'll be vDrive instead with all the same speed but not the headaches of failures.


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NormanDunbar wrote:Today in 1981, the ZX81 went on sale. Today, 40 years on, they still have a use.

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Cheers,
Norm.
A bit inconvenient for connection to a Nuclear Power Station...


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Not really Derek,

they can hold the door open while running the station!

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And here's my contribution...

https://youtu.be/3SCTjmxTATI

Written in BASIC. Not having DATA statements was a right pain as I had to enter the large text "image" data directly into the mutli-dimensional arrays.
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