Re: The Speccy - 25 yours on

["Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The first micro I owned was a commodore PET which pre-dates all=20
those mentioned in UKHA.
And before that I had use of an Apple II at college.
Andy

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@...> wrote:
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> I had:
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> ZX-81 + 16k RAM + "bogroll" printer.
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> Texas TI-99/4A + Speech Synthesizer.
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> Acorn Electron + "Plus3" 3.5" disc drive.
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> BBC Master 128 + Dual 40/80 5.25" floppies + Citizen dot
matrix=20
printer +
> Music 500 synthesizer.
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> Comodore Amiga A500 + 20Mb Hard Disc
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> Comodore Amiga A2000 + 173Mb Hard Disc (that was the biggest drive=20
out and I
> got it "hookey" from Fujitsu through someone who worked
there as=20
they
> weren't on general availability at the time).=20
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> Then life got boring and I went to PCs... :-(
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> Phil
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> > On Behalf Of Jonathan Hall
> > Sent: 26 April 2007 11:12
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] The Speccy - 25 yours on
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> > I'll second that I got a BBC Model b for my fifteenth birthday=20
in 83.
> > Acornsoft's Defender, was it called Planetoid, was one of my=20
> > favs until Elite came out.  My Dad has still got it, it was=20
> > great that my Dad got interested in it cos he had the dosh so=20
> > he bought a Microvitec colour monitor for it. We had a=20=20
> > singled sided 40 track floppy when Viglen brought one out for=20
> > =A3200 and then got a 40/80 double sided when the prices crashed.
> > First printer was a Mannesmann tally 9 pin dot matrix.=20=20
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> >=20=20
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> > Jonathan
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> >=20=20
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> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> > On Behalf Of Steve Morgan
> > Sent: 26 April 2007 09:23
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] The Speccy - 25 yours on
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> >=20=20
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> > Don't take this the wrong way, but what b*ll*cks! ;-)
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> > The very best computer of the 80's home computer revolution=20
> > was the BBC Micro. No question.=20
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> > I have two in the loft including a Z80 second processor that=20
> > connects via the Tube interface and allows it to run CPM=20
> > (along with dual floppies, FM synth and 1MB RAMDISK). One of=20
> > mine (a Master) was previously owned by the BBC.
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> > Steve
> >=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
> > <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>=20
> > [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
> > <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On Behalf Of Wayne
> > Sent: 25 April 2007 21:02
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] The Speccy - 25 yours on
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> > <tongue in cheek>
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> > no no no no....
> > the BEST computer was the Commodore 64! beats the 'speccy'=20
> > hands down :) Sound Chips, Video processors all on board and=20
> > with 64k ram!, none of these wobbly ram packs! or Kingston=20
> > joystick interfaces - all built in to the C64 :)
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> > I still have mine with the 5 1/4" single sided floppy
drive=20
> > and synth module etc...
> > ah those were the days :)
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> > </tongue in cheek :))>
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> > Wayne.
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