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    #11
    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
    But why would you want that? If you lived in poverty, then maybe. But like most people here I'm sure, I have a couple of old laptops and desktops lying around as well as the ones I actually use, plus three old Android phones I could do things with if I was determined (which I'm not). And why on earth would a cheap cigarette packet sized computer be better for "learning to code" than a laptop?
    Look at XBMC or Kodi as it is now known.

    Squeezeslave (squeezebox equivalent for £30-40)

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      #12
      If the ZX81/Spectrum/QL ever get to be valuable collectors' items I shall be most annoyed that I gave them away.
      bloggoth

      If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
      John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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        #13
        Snow Watch ™

        Snow is back on the menu


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        "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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          #14
          I have a spectrum 2 128. I have always wanted to download a game, put it on tape and load it up.

          **** knows why.

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            #15
            You can get a Pi and run a Speccy emulator on it. Best of both worlds - or rather more, as you can also emulate any other machine from that era, as well as every arcade game and console

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              #16
              Can't say I've tried recently but you could even get ZX81 simulators for the PC but emulated screen was about the size of a postage stamp on a modern monitor.
              bloggoth

              If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
              John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                #17
                I suppose you all seen this a few months ago...

                BBC News - Manic modder: Inside Ben Heck's world of bonsai computing

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                  #18
                  That reminds me, when I was finishing at UNI in 1997 the computer science lecturer admitted they were still using a spectrum at the start of the term to allocate rooms to classes.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                    Can't say I've tried recently but you could even get ZX81 simulators for the PC but emulated screen was about the size of a postage stamp on a modern monitor.
                    If only there was a way for computers to scale images.
                    Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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