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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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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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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.
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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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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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If the ZX81/Spectrum/QL ever get to be valuable collectors' items I shall be most annoyed that I gave them away.
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostBut 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?
Squeezeslave (squeezebox equivalent for £30-40)
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostBut 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?
Plus some gadgets are just fun to have.
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Originally posted by Bunk View PostUm, because it's a computer the size of a cigarette packet, and only slightly more expensive than said packet of fags.
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the original Spekky was 48k and required a separate tape cassette player to load the code , but the 128 was a massive leap forward because it had it's own inbuilt tape player.
awesomeness abounded , what a massive leap in cutting edge technology.
Lords of midnight, Elite, Warlords
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI'm tempted.
I don't understand why anyone in their right mind would want a Raspberry Pi.
I'm sure there are other uses out there, but those are the ones that I've used a Pi for so far. My children like learning to code on it, and they can teach themselves which is a good way to start.
Plus if they break it somehow, it's either £30 for a new computer or reformat the SD card and start again.
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