Reunited with an old friend

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Lardo Boffin
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Reunited with an old friend

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My Dad was absolutely sure this had been sold a very long time ago (to buy a trumpet I believe) but my brother happened across this hidden in a box in the attic -

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Its the family ZX81! The first computer I ever saw in the flesh. A slightly emotional moment. I now actually have a ZX81 that is mine. Well, shared but close enough. I owe this little computer a lot. :D

Quickly tested it with a Chroma and ‘spand and all is well, even the keyboard. Just needs a bit of a clean. :shock:

Sadly none of the tapes were with it but if this was still up there maybe they are as well.
ZX80
ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
Tatung 81 + Wespi
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
dr beep
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Re: Reunited with an old friend

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You can use WAV-files to load through pc.
My 1K hires games use 30 sec to load.
Lardo Boffin
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Re: Reunited with an old friend

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dr beep wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:15 pm You can use WAV-files to load through pc.
My 1K hires games use 30 sec to load.
Thanks. I keep meaning to sort a cable to do that but since getting a ZXpand my motivation levels have dropped. :D

I was hoping to find any of the tapes where I had saved my masterpieces of programs written back then. I’m sure they would have been good for a laugh! No sign of them but hey - its a fairly big loft.
ZX80
ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
Tatung 81 + Wespi
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
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