Hello from Zeeland

[MarcNL]

Old Zeeland, not New Zealand.

Hello, I have waaaaay too many computers ― more than is healthy for a normal person.

www.sinclaircollection.site

(Oh, I thought this was like an AA meeting, to discus your 'problem' )

[Spinnetti]

Ok, you win! You definitely have a problem! You also need a QL SD, Maybe the QL Gold card and a zx81 ZXPand to complete your collection of cool stuff.

Only criticism is to put the QL up higher before the clones on your web page lol.

I had the Micromatic when it was new and I was in elementary school, and the TS1000 was my first computer, and the TS268 my second.

Now that you have all the hardware, time to write software!

[Paul]

Welcome to our forums Marc.
Having many Sinclair Computers isn't unhealthy at all.
I hope you use all of them from time to time.
I use Sinclair Computers regularly, most days it's my favourite ZX80.

[Lardo Boffin]

Welcome and wow!

I really want a B&O ZX81 now! I didn’t even know they existed.

[MarcNL]

I hope you use all of them from time to time.

Obviously I don't use all of them, except when someone has a question about a certain model and I turn it on to verify. Or something like that.
But as you can see in all the photos, they all do work! And I do replace the keyboard membranes even knowing I really don't use the machines. But I would hate to have a collection that is flawed, right?

I don't really understand the QL so there is no need for me to get a Gold Card or a Trump Card. A ZXpand would be nice but it's not on my priority list. The one missing IF1 cartridge or the box for the 2068 Pinball cartridge or the 2 missing 1510 cartridges are higher on the list. Or a cartridge for the Indian dB Spectrum ROM cartridge reader! Don't tell me you never heard of all of those items?

[mrtinb]

Great to see another Lambda 8300 collector. We have some discussions regarding that machine in the Lambda 8300 section of this forum, from time to time.

[dr beep]

(Oh, I thought this was like an AA meeting, to discus your 'problem' )

My problem is that I wrote too much software. Having many cold-turkey-moments this year since I
am really short in my coding time this year.

Johan "Dr Beep" Koelman

[David G]

wow first i hear of Bang & Olufsen ZX81 Beocomp, it would look good next to the B&O record player


photo Mark NL via wikcommons

It looks like standard-issue UK ZX81

[MarcNL]

It is a standard ZX81.

In 1981, the Dutch import company for Bang & Olufsen celebrated their 20th anniversary and ... well, let the ad speak for itself:

PERSONAL COMPUTER Beocomp ZX-81 Sinclair

An extra extension of your TV as an anniversary offer.

We have thought long and hard about what we could do to give our existing and future B&O customers the most pleasure in this anniversary year. In order to offer you something really special, we end up with a product that is not made by B&O, but which gives your B&O TV (or any other device) an important extra dimension. We offer you one of the best and most versatile computers at a price that puts this fascinating instrument within everyone's reach.

After this, they split off the computer import department and set up a Sinclair and Acorn import company named Compac.