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April 22, 2005
16 October 1981: Memoirs of a BASIC programmer
Posted by robin at April 22, 2005 01:59 PM
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the humanity! the inhumanity! the composition! the haircut! It's like an ad for the future...
Posted by: infinite thought at April 22, 2005 02:39 PM
is it *wrong* for one's most cherished childhood memories to be those involving a ZX81?
Posted by: undercurrent at April 22, 2005 04:06 PM
Probably not, but if you are sure that's true, it does constitute an effective *warning* to which one will give 'all due respect.' Badiou's being particularly 'intimidated by painting' is not all that much less remote.
Posted by: Patrick J. Mullins at April 22, 2005 04:53 PM
Is it wrong??? NO WAY! I spent HOURS playing on my '81 before finally getting my QL and finding out what real computers were about. The 81 is a true marvel. SO much computer from so little electronics... & it still looks cool!
Posted by: ppp at April 23, 2005 01:25 PM
Oops. Is it wrong?? NO WAY! The 81 is a true marvel of computing. So much computer, so few gates. I think it still looks cool!
Posted by: ppp at April 23, 2005 01:26 PM
that's so true it's worth saying twice. Looking at the intensely microsoft-devastated state of things today, no-one would believe how joyful and beautiful was the world of home computing in its infancy. :_(
Posted by: undercurrent at April 23, 2005 05:06 PM