Re: The ten SEXIEST computers of ALL TIME • The Register

On 9 April 2013 19:46, Jason McBrien <jbmcb1 at gmail.com> wrote: I had to Google that to recall what it looked like, but you make a good point, sir! I think the Spectrum and the ZX81 were combined, which means you'd have to drop something else. I'd nominate the PS3. The PS2 was more iconic, if anything, and in terms of actual construction, sod the PS2, give me a PS/2 any day. Model 80 from choice, probably. :?) The ZX81 and to a greater extend the Spectrum and the QL were design classics, though, with an iconic look. Yes, the ZX81 was rubbish - but it looked a lot better than the ZX80. It was the 81 that introduced the trademark Sinclair Black Slab look. What the marketdroids would call a "design language" these days. I am with Bill Hicks on the best uses of marketdroids. A friend of mine has a Raspberry Pi and a Sinclair QL case that he got off eBay, already empty. He plans to design enough interface circuitry to fit the Pi inside the QL and have the original keyboard work. I have suggested using the rest of the space for a PSU, powered USB2 hub, possibly an internal speaker(or pair thereof) and see if he can conceal a card-reader behind the Microdrive slots. If he does it, I will covet the result. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884