Sinclair Spectrum or Commodore 64?
My first computer was a Sinclair ZX81. I had it about a year before I switched to a Sinclair Spectrum and a couple of years later I moved on to Sinclair QL.
Some friends of mine had a Commodore 64. They were more expensive, better hardware, but less accessible when it came to programming, IMHO, at least using Basic. So my friends did more gaming and I did more programming.
Did you have any of these? Which camp were you in?
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I stuck with Commodore throughout: VIC20 > C64 > C128 > Amiga.@[email protected] Commodore 16 with datasette ✌️
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@[email protected] Zinclair ZX80, which I upgraded to ZX81 (new processor and a new “keyboard” to place on top of the ZX80 “keyboard”).
@[email protected] Didn’t have an Acorn (used at BBC Micro at school) but had a Spectrum, a Commodore and an Amstrad.
@[email protected] I had a school friend with a C64. I would go round his house, and we we would load a game… Then go out and play on our bikes or something for a while, waiting for it… Then go back, hoping that the game was loaded up ready to play. And not the dreaded !!LOAD ERROR!! screen…
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@[email protected] Spectravideo 728. MSX was probably the first home computer standard, big in Japan, but less popular in Europe. However, it had a very good Microsoft Basic, and I learned to code with it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVI-728
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My first computer I had to myself was a amazon kindle fire tablet because that is what my parents got me as an elementary school graduation present. My family still has it in the closet somewhere. My current computer is a Lenovo c940 and I am looking to upgrade as soon as System76 or Framework get their shit together and start offering an Intel Core Ultra 9 288V option.@[email protected] ZX81 and Sinclair QL
