The Sinclair QL Forum

Today in 1981, the ZX81 went on sale. Today, 40 years on, they still have a use.
Cheers,
Norm.

Here's my contribution:
Sinclair ZX81 Special - 40th anniversary 2021! https://youtu.be/c-Y8L-zFjlE


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NormanDunbar wrote:Today in 1981, the ZX81 went on sale. Today, 40 years on, they still have a use.

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Cheers,
Norm.

That's cruelty to ZX81's Norm

It came from a Commodore64 fan!

I loved my ZX81. I gave it a keyboard with proper keys, 56K additional RAM everything my student grant (and Access card) could afford!

Cheers,
Norm.

An interesting video. Thanks.

You certainly have a lot of space for your old computers!

Cheers,
Norm.

NormanDunbar wrote:

What a sacrilege!!!

Happy Birthday ZX81...my first computer.

I'm starting back to working on the http://ZXSimulator.orgfree.com. My new plan is to finish it on my original QL as I just figured out how to compile again using microdrives and multiple source files --i.e. how I managed it back in 89/90. Except it'll be vDrive instead with all the same speed but not the headaches of failures.

NormanDunbar wrote:Today in 1981, the ZX81 went on sale. Today, 40 years on, they still have a use.

20210305_192703.jpg

Cheers,
Norm.

A bit inconvenient for connection to a Nuclear Power Station...

Not really Derek,

they can hold the door open while running the station!

Cheers,
Norm.

And here's my contribution...

https://youtu.be/3SCTjmxTATI

Written in BASIC. Not having DATA statements was a right pain as I had to enter the large text "image" data directly into the mutli-dimensional arrays.