Hello from the bowels of East Anglia
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:53 pm
As with all things, i'm doing things wrong and backwards and posting the requested "hello" post after already seeking help on the boards.
My first experience of Sinclair computers was when my dad borrowed a family friend's ZX81 - I was about 4yrs old at the time and didn't get to use it, but remember them struggling to get any tapes to load on it.
My first experience of the ZX Spectrum was not much later when we visited this family friend and I was allowed to play some kind of break-out clone.
While I was still young, I was given a really strange home-brew ZX81 that had been built into a series of fairly substantial SEC steel cases with a proper switched keyboard - it had been a home-build project gone wrong. I never did get it to work when I was little, and sadly it didn't survive into adulthood.
I was lucky enough to have my father purchase a used Commodore 64 when I was 6, which was my 'daily driver' for the next -thirteen- years. I finally upgraded to a PC in 1997.
That said, I was billy no-mates at primary school because my friends all had Spectrums, which limited scope for borrowing games. I thoroughly enjoyed playing on their spectrums - particularly remember rock hard games like Technician Ted, and Moonlight Madness
Some years later in my adult life, but before retro computers started making a comeback, I purchased a couple of DOA spectrums with the idea of building PCs into the cases. I never got round to it, and am glad I didn't as i'd now like to restore them to working condition - one for me, and one for my 6yr old nephew.
If you're around and can help me learn/practice the repair skills needed, hit me up
My first experience of Sinclair computers was when my dad borrowed a family friend's ZX81 - I was about 4yrs old at the time and didn't get to use it, but remember them struggling to get any tapes to load on it.
My first experience of the ZX Spectrum was not much later when we visited this family friend and I was allowed to play some kind of break-out clone.
While I was still young, I was given a really strange home-brew ZX81 that had been built into a series of fairly substantial SEC steel cases with a proper switched keyboard - it had been a home-build project gone wrong. I never did get it to work when I was little, and sadly it didn't survive into adulthood.
I was lucky enough to have my father purchase a used Commodore 64 when I was 6, which was my 'daily driver' for the next -thirteen- years. I finally upgraded to a PC in 1997.
That said, I was billy no-mates at primary school because my friends all had Spectrums, which limited scope for borrowing games. I thoroughly enjoyed playing on their spectrums - particularly remember rock hard games like Technician Ted, and Moonlight Madness
Some years later in my adult life, but before retro computers started making a comeback, I purchased a couple of DOA spectrums with the idea of building PCs into the cases. I never got round to it, and am glad I didn't as i'd now like to restore them to working condition - one for me, and one for my 6yr old nephew.
If you're around and can help me learn/practice the repair skills needed, hit me up