marcp
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Post by marcp on Sept 17, 2021 7:29:38 GMT
So, so many memories of my Speccy 48k+ (PROPER keys, you 48k peasants!). Gutted.
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mcmonkeyplc
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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Sept 17, 2021 7:30:51 GMT
RiP sir. I will always remember your keyboard.
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Post by Lurker on Sept 17, 2021 7:34:09 GMT
Like most, the 48k was my first computer and I have great memories.
Very sad news, RIP.
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mrpon
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Post by mrpon on Sept 17, 2021 7:47:45 GMT
Soooo many memories. Living room floor on Xmas day. Thru The Wall. The polystyrene box sound. Wearing out the rubber keys. QAOPM. Alphacom 32!! Currah uSpeech. Blank TDK90s round my mates at the weekend. Crash/Your Sinclair. Kempston Quickshot. Loved it. RIP Clive.  |
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Post by jeepers on Sept 17, 2021 8:15:05 GMT
I replaced the worn-out keyboard membrane of my 48k and felt like I was an engineer. And wrote a BASIC program that drew on screen using the QAOP keys and felt like a coder. And used PEEKs and POKEs to get 99 lives in games and felt like a hacker.
Honestly think if it wasn’t for my Spectrum (and then c64 and Amiga 500) I wouldn’t be in the career I’m in now. So all thanks to Clive really.
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Sept 17, 2021 9:03:37 GMT
Sinclair dead x spectrum. |
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Zyrr
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Post by Zyrr on Sept 17, 2021 9:20:15 GMT
I didn't have a Speccy as a kid. I had a C64 for Christmas '83. Most of my friends had Spectrums though, and I used to enjoy visiting and getting to play games that weren't on the C64. Was never really into all the format war playground rivalry bollocks, even back then. Anyway, I've made up for it in recent years as I have 4 (5 if you include the Spectrum Next) of the buggers now  RIP Sir Clive. |
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Post by quadfather on Sept 17, 2021 11:07:09 GMT
Aw no. The spectrum was where it all started.
Very sad.
RIP Clive.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 12:02:32 GMT
I owe him a lot for getting me into games, opening the doors to my first dabble with computer programming via Sinclair BASIC. Spectrum computers basically defined a large part of my childhood. Same. I can confidently list getting a Spectrum as the major catalyst to why I'm in the IT field in general. I'm a bit late to post here on this, but it was getting a ZX81 that got me into programming and into IT. I used to spend ages writing programs on that thing, including a character generator for Traveller (I was that much of a geek). Then I go a Spectrum and just played games with it. Shame he struggled afterwards with the C5 which was ahead of its day by a few decades...and not that good. |
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