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[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

A 1982 advert for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the computer which gave a whole generation of Brits their first taste of home computing:



Was 1982 really 26 years ago? :O

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[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

16K RAM OMG!

My 23rd birthday is next Saturday.. wtf!

[tomatoe333.livejournal.com]

Yes, 1982 was 26 years ago. And my family got its first personal computer that year. We got a TI-99/4A, but similar levels of technology.

[leatherdykeuk.livejournal.com]

Not only do I remember this ad, I responded to it and ordered one. Six weeks delivery it took.

[7ofclubs.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see what their "high-resolution graphics!!!!!" looked like.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

I could do line drawings on the screen. I wrote a simple BASIC program, like an Etch-a-Sketch, that would draw horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines when I held down the right keys.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

I bought a Timex Sinclair 2068 (I think that was the number). A lovely little first computer, which Timex -- having just bought Sinclair -- promptly abandoned.

Well, I learned my lesson. After that, we went out and looked at more solid machines. I kind of liked the Mac SE we looked at, but we ended up going with a more stable company, and bought a PCjr. To my wife's despair, I still have the retarded little thing, which we added on to until it was the equivalent of a PC (with no hard drive). It's the only computer we have that's slow enough to play Xonix on.

[nokomarie.livejournal.com]

That makes you some sort of computer God, you know.

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

There can't be many people who have actually owned a new Timex Sinclair computer :)

[seamonkey-mags.livejournal.com]

A year older than me. :)

[antifrenzy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, seeing as I'm 26... :)

Thanks for the post, I love 80's technology ads!