oh damn, thank you for posting this! I had one of these as a kid but could never remember exactly which one it was but that jogged the memory instantly
TheTimex Sinclair (assembled) was marketed as the first home computer for under a hundred bucks ($99). A buddy of mine ran a BBS dedicated the Sinclair. He ran it on a Commador 64
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Mac@mander.xyz · 23 pts · 1y
$80 in '82 is ~$260 now.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Damn. Just ran that and came to your comment.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
And now look at current prices for game consoles...
Mac@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
I don't think that's a good comparison.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Not so much a comparison as a criticism of prices of current consoles
psychonova@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 1y
oh damn, thank you for posting this! I had one of these as a kid but could never remember exactly which one it was but that jogged the memory instantly
marx2k@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Merry Christmas :D
tracker@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
Still have mine!
1ns1p1d@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
I wish I still had mine. 3D monster maze, 1k chess, nightgunner, gulpman.
My neighbor had a zx80. I remember playing a game on that too, but i don't remember what it was.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Me too. Luckily I had a friend who studied electrical engineering who helped me put it together.
tracker@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
I added pictures to the root post
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Did you build it yourself? It looks awesome!
tracker@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Added pictures to the root post. Check it out
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
I shall, thank you very much!
tracker@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Mine, highly modded, inside a gutted Atari 400 box. Has a homemade hi-res module 256x192, Sound board AY-3-8912, homemade keyboard, modified ROM with extra functions, dual boot with assembly compiler, 10KB ROM, 6KB Static RAM, 16KB Dynamic RAM.
marx2k@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I love the putting it in a gutted A400.
Hikermick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
TheTimex Sinclair (assembled) was marketed as the first home computer for under a hundred bucks ($99). A buddy of mine ran a BBS dedicated the Sinclair. He ran it on a Commador 64