Spectrum makes a comeback - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Feb 2002

...
  -----Original Message-----
 From: Bill Girnius [mailto:thedm@sunflower.com] 
...
  Believe it or not, some of us are.  My first computer
was a 
 Sinclair, I
 learned basic on it, I've even chatted on IRC with it at a 
 blazing 300 baud,
 and it was the first computer I ever programmed on, learned 
 BASIC on it in
 fact.   It had a great manual that someone whom had never  
So you learned BASIC on it twice? :)

...
  seen a computer
 before could learn more about it.  The Sinclair, Spectrum, Speccy or
 whatever you wish to refer to them as, was the begining of my computer
 knowledge.  This foundation has provided the initial blocks 
 for the 12 years
 I have been a Sysadmin professionally for.  Oh, did I mention 
 we had to
 solder it together as a kit too? 
Great.  I think there are many people here who love Spectrums, but
the question is, why pay money per game to download Spectrum games
to your home phone and play them for some limited time, when you can
have the real thing probably for much less? :)

Regards,

Chris

Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'