Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

managed to sort out the RF issues by cleaning the port and managing to find a lovely old black and white portable TV off ebay for £20. Now getting a lovely crisp picture and loving the screen flicker after every key stroke! have a couple of programming books to work through - i shall be creating sta...

Thanks Mark - so if I am really going to get into the zx80s I need a black and white telly? I’ll try a bit of a clean first though before I go trawling on eBay!

Hi, I just joined the forum. I’ve owned Sinclair computers since I was a kid in the 80s. First machine was a 16k spectrum I got for Xmas in 1984. Birthday present was a 32k ram pack so I could play some decent games. We lived on 3D death chase and ultimates 16k output until then. Once that ram pack ...

Hi, I’m new to the forum. Have owned Sinclair computers since I was a kid in the 80s but recently got interested again and have been steadily growing a small Sinclair collection. I just added a couple of zx80s one of which puts out a very dark display. Might be something terminal with the RF unit or...