[LBo] Intro

[Vidar Jon Bauge]

My first computer was also a Sonclair, known in Europe as Sinclair 
ZX-81. I have kept it, as a memory of this simple little computer, that 
could play chess with 1k RAM. But I also have a 16k RAM expansion, and a 
Centronics printer interface for it. Lovely little machine :-))

Tim Billingsley wrote:
> If I remember correctly I bought mine out of Discover magazine for 
> around $150 and I also had the 16k module, but I just used my trusty 
> old tape recorded for storage. I used until I got sick of the 16k 
> module losing contact because I pressed a key to hard and the module 
> wiggled loose. Most aggravating!! The Trash80 was a great improvement 
> over that .. LOL! and the first time I sat down at an IBM PC with an 
> actual hard drive  ....
>
> You younger folks have no idea ...
>
> Gene Venable wrote:
>
>> Yay, Timex Sinclair! I bought mine at Kmart, paying extra for 16k of 
>> memory... I actually also bought the T/S 2068 which was COLOR and had 
>> a big 48k. I got tired of loading programs with my cassette player, 
>> though...
>>
>> */Tim Billingsley <tim at likespecies.com>/* wrote:
>>
>>     I guess while I am at it I should say "Hi"
>>
>>     I have dabbled with Linux since going back to school in 2000. 
>> RedHat,
>>     Suse, Mandrake, Knoppix, Debian, Libranet, slack, Ham Hack, DSL, and
>>     currently CENTOS, Kubuntu, SimplyMEPIS, ClarkConnect, and most
>>     recently
>>     TrixBox. I have been involved in computers since the time of the
>>     Timex/Sinclair
>>
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