Re: Re: The Speccy - 25 yours on

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A colleague' still runs some Basic programs on his 'PET ...  why=20=20
change when it still works ? !

Chris


On 28 Apr 2007, at 12:28, Andy Whitfield wrote:

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