Return of the Specie (ZX)

**xoggoth** · 2 January 2014, 17:59

How can this thread possibly not be by zeity???

**scooterscot** · 2 January 2014, 18:12

Still got a ZX+ in the cellar somewhere..

**suityou01** · 2 January 2014, 18:30

Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Still got a ZX+ in the cellar somewhere..

Your stocks are rising.

**Cliphead** · 2 January 2014, 22:26

Much as it was fun at the time why would I want to go back and play Manic Miner? Nostalgia just for the sake of it?

Bollocks.

**Cliphead** · 2 January 2014, 22:30

Originally posted by zeitghost

It's just not wot it was.

Some 12 year old's gonna get excited about 8 bit graphics or whatever it was

What's their market? My generation? Good luck.

**Cliphead** · 2 January 2014, 22:36

Originally posted by zeitghost

them were the days.

Anyone want to buy my stock of Z80 chips?

One careful owner, never raced nor rallied.

Speccie, one of the first clients asked me to write an accounts program that printed to some addon hardware on thermal paper and backed up to tape. Was quicker and safer to do it on paper but cut my teeth on dev and they were delighted cos of bragging rights.

**xoggoth** · 2 January 2014, 22:45

Anyone else remember that little Sinclair printer that worked by burning the surface off a roll of silver covered paper? Worked rather well.

**MPwannadecentincome** · 2 January 2014, 23:50

I don't know why anyone would want to use that terrible rubber keyboard.

**TykeMerc** · 3 January 2014, 00:18

Originally posted by MPwannadecentincome View Post

I don't know why anyone would want to use that terrible rubber keyboard.

They were great at the time, a real keyboard was damn expensive, it was the BBC, Dragon, Commodore (erm what the hell was that thing called?) and the likes where they got better, but the Spectrum was a LOT cheaper.

I worked for an IBM warranty company out of Uni and the keyboards were £217 + VAT to them back in the dark days of the PC and XT in the 1980's.

Return of the Specie (ZX)