Thread: OT: Complete the following statement, "My first computer was a..."
View Single Post
  #1  
Old March 27th, 2002, 06:49 PM
geoschmo's Avatar

geoschmo geoschmo is offline
National Security Advisor
  
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Ohio
Posts: 8,450
Thanks: 0
Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post
geoschmo is on a distinguished road
Default OT: Complete the following statement, "My first computer was a..."
...A Timex Sinclair ZX1000. Z-80 processor, 4 Mhz, 2K (Yes, K!) RAM, no disk drive, not even a floppy. They sold a tape drive for it, but I never got one. PLastic Membrane keyboard.

Hooked up to your TV's VHF input for a display if I recall correctly. This was before TV's had Cable jacks and AV inputs mind you.

Booted up into Basic from a ROM chip. Now your cookin' with gas!

For those under 30, just imagine your digital watch with a keyboard and you'll about have the idea of the awesome processing power from this baby.

Geoschmo

[ 27 March 2002: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

__________________
I used to be somebody but now I am somebody else
Who I'll be tomorrow is anybody's guess
Reply With Quote