Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Andrew Walker) | Subject | Re: TRS80 mutating into Triton II under Linux questions | Date | Fri, 3 May 1996 08:49:41 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Ray O'Leary wrote: > > Oh, Lord, mine was a Sinclair ZX81 with 1K RAM (I sh*t you not) and a 40 > x 23 monochrome text only screen. Saves were done using an audio > cassette recorder. It had a _very_ tacky membrane keyboard, and if you > were lucky enough to get the 16K RAM expansion "pod", it kept falling > out of the expansion socket and had to held in place using a carefully > folded cigarette pack or some scotch tape. > > Those were the days, eh? The days I hated. > > And the Vic 20? Oh, let me tell you ... >
Did you say VIC-20? I had one of those. 24x22 blocky graphics on a TV screen, but at least it was colour. And it had 5K of RAM, with 3.5 of that available for user programs. I dragged it out a couple of years ago and built a 16K expansion board.
-Andy
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