I feel that. I even got it to run once. Think that was on a ZX81. Might even have been a ZX80. Pages and pages of hex. Goddam.
September 29, 2026 at 10:59 AM
I feel that. I even got it to run once. Think that was on a ZX81. Might even have been a ZX80. Pages and pages of hex. Goddam.
Sinclair officially launched the ZX81 in the US on October 7, 1981 with 20,000 units available for sale, at a price of $149.95 assembled and $99.95 in kit form. As with the ZX80, they sold directly to the American market by mail order, via ads in computer publications and popular consumer magazines.
September 28, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Sinclair officially launched the ZX81 in the US on October 7, 1981 with 20,000 units available for sale, at a price of $149.95 assembled and $99.95 in kit form. As with the ZX80, they sold directly to the American market by mail order, via ads in computer publications and popular consumer magazines.
Trying to remember the programming languages I’ve used:
1979-1987 basic on Apple ][ / ZX80 / Acorn Atom / DOS
1980 6502 assembly on Acorn Atom
1985 Forth on Mac
1988 C on DOS*
1989-94 HyperTalk on Mac
1995-9 Pascal on a Mac, Perl and JavaScript, C++ on windows
2000+ JavaScript, node, (& sql, xslt)
1979-1987 basic on Apple ][ / ZX80 / Acorn Atom / DOS
1980 6502 assembly on Acorn Atom
1985 Forth on Mac
1988 C on DOS*
1989-94 HyperTalk on Mac
1995-9 Pascal on a Mac, Perl and JavaScript, C++ on windows
2000+ JavaScript, node, (& sql, xslt)
September 27, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Trying to remember the programming languages I’ve used:
1979-1987 basic on Apple ][ / ZX80 / Acorn Atom / DOS
1980 6502 assembly on Acorn Atom
1985 Forth on Mac
1988 C on DOS*
1989-94 HyperTalk on Mac
1995-9 Pascal on a Mac, Perl and JavaScript, C++ on windows
2000+ JavaScript, node, (& sql, xslt)
1979-1987 basic on Apple ][ / ZX80 / Acorn Atom / DOS
1980 6502 assembly on Acorn Atom
1985 Forth on Mac
1988 C on DOS*
1989-94 HyperTalk on Mac
1995-9 Pascal on a Mac, Perl and JavaScript, C++ on windows
2000+ JavaScript, node, (& sql, xslt)
Superb video from the @retrocollective.co.uk with Martin Wren-Hilton talking about early dev. on the zx80/81 and speccy + The Chess Player. (and proper programming - keying it all in by hand in HEX *grin* :D)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugbJ...
#gamedev #history
cc #lsbugames <3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugbJ...
#gamedev #history
cc #lsbugames <3
The Story of The Chess Player with author Martin Wren-Hilton
YouTube video by The Retro Collective
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Superb video from the @retrocollective.co.uk with Martin Wren-Hilton talking about early dev. on the zx80/81 and speccy + The Chess Player. (and proper programming - keying it all in by hand in HEX *grin* :D)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugbJ...
#gamedev #history
cc #lsbugames <3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugbJ...
#gamedev #history
cc #lsbugames <3
ZX Spectrum Fans this is THE event dedicated to the community and all things Speccy - CRASH Live! 💥
Tickets available but running out soon! Get yours here: www.tickettailor.com/events/fusio...
Every Sinclair system represented from the ZX80, up to the the Spectrum Next & epic guests too!
Tickets available but running out soon! Get yours here: www.tickettailor.com/events/fusio...
Every Sinclair system represented from the ZX80, up to the the Spectrum Next & epic guests too!
September 25, 2026 at 6:49 AM
ZX Spectrum Fans this is THE event dedicated to the community and all things Speccy - CRASH Live! 💥
Tickets available but running out soon! Get yours here: www.tickettailor.com/events/fusio...
Every Sinclair system represented from the ZX80, up to the the Spectrum Next & epic guests too!
Tickets available but running out soon! Get yours here: www.tickettailor.com/events/fusio...
Every Sinclair system represented from the ZX80, up to the the Spectrum Next & epic guests too!
and now i remember i had one of these first, but it was barely a computer
September 23, 2026 at 2:44 AM
and now i remember i had one of these first, but it was barely a computer
first one I used, cbm pet. first one I owned, oric atmos. went thru speccy, c64, atari st. prob first used a mac around 85, pc around 90. encounters with zx80/1, vic 20, atari 800.
September 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM
first one I used, cbm pet. first one I owned, oric atmos. went thru speccy, c64, atari st. prob first used a mac around 85, pc around 90. encounters with zx80/1, vic 20, atari 800.
Happy Birthday to the Jupiter Ace.
If you fancy a bit of Forth (or ZX81 BASIC, ZX80 BASIC or Lambda 8300 BASIC) with added RC2014 expansion and maxed out 51K of RAM, check out the Minstrel 4th.
www.tindie.com/products/tyn...
Message me direct if you want to order from outside the UK.
If you fancy a bit of Forth (or ZX81 BASIC, ZX80 BASIC or Lambda 8300 BASIC) with added RC2014 expansion and maxed out 51K of RAM, check out the Minstrel 4th.
www.tindie.com/products/tyn...
Message me direct if you want to order from outside the UK.
September 22, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Happy Birthday to the Jupiter Ace.
If you fancy a bit of Forth (or ZX81 BASIC, ZX80 BASIC or Lambda 8300 BASIC) with added RC2014 expansion and maxed out 51K of RAM, check out the Minstrel 4th.
www.tindie.com/products/tyn...
Message me direct if you want to order from outside the UK.
If you fancy a bit of Forth (or ZX81 BASIC, ZX80 BASIC or Lambda 8300 BASIC) with added RC2014 expansion and maxed out 51K of RAM, check out the Minstrel 4th.
www.tindie.com/products/tyn...
Message me direct if you want to order from outside the UK.
The ZX81 improved on the ZX80's weak points, resulting in a wonderful machine, more popular than its predecessor.
#KevinToms #ZX81 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
#KevinToms #ZX81 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
September 22, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The ZX81 improved on the ZX80's weak points, resulting in a wonderful machine, more popular than its predecessor.
#KevinToms #ZX81 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
#KevinToms #ZX81 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
ZX History - September 1980: The ZX80!
September 21, 2026 at 7:06 PM
ZX History - September 1980: The ZX80!
Amazing how quickly sunrise and sunset times are changing as we approach #autumn #equinox, as seen here at Edinburgh Castle, calculated using a #zx80 or #Minstrel2 (8K ROM) supercomputer. github.com/markgbeckett...
September 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Amazing how quickly sunrise and sunset times are changing as we approach #autumn #equinox, as seen here at Edinburgh Castle, calculated using a #zx80 or #Minstrel2 (8K ROM) supercomputer. github.com/markgbeckett...
September 20, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The microcomputer that pioneered what is arguably the most iconic British computer series in history: the ZX80!
📷 Ilias Gainutdinov
#KevinToms #ZX80 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
📷 Ilias Gainutdinov
#KevinToms #ZX80 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
September 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The microcomputer that pioneered what is arguably the most iconic British computer series in history: the ZX80!
📷 Ilias Gainutdinov
#KevinToms #ZX80 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
📷 Ilias Gainutdinov
#KevinToms #ZX80 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
レトロな世界に飛び込んじゃおう！✨
List of home computers by video hardware を見てたら、驚きの発見があったよ！😲
1980年代のZX80っていうマシン、実は専用のビデオ装置がなくて、ソフトウェアの力だけで画面を描いてたんだって！💻✨ まさに魔法みたいで凄くない？🌈
OSI C4Pも、限られた色数や解像度の中で一生懸命動いてたみたい🎮💖 昔のハードウェアの工夫って、今のゲーム好きにはたまらない面白さだよね！✨🕹️
en.wikipedia.org #トリビア
List of home computers by video hardware を見てたら、驚きの発見があったよ！😲
1980年代のZX80っていうマシン、実は専用のビデオ装置がなくて、ソフトウェアの力だけで画面を描いてたんだって！💻✨ まさに魔法みたいで凄くない？🌈
OSI C4Pも、限られた色数や解像度の中で一生懸命動いてたみたい🎮💖 昔のハードウェアの工夫って、今のゲーム好きにはたまらない面白さだよね！✨🕹️
en.wikipedia.org #トリビア
September 19, 2026 at 10:05 PM
レトロな世界に飛び込んじゃおう！✨
List of home computers by video hardware を見てたら、驚きの発見があったよ！😲
1980年代のZX80っていうマシン、実は専用のビデオ装置がなくて、ソフトウェアの力だけで画面を描いてたんだって！💻✨ まさに魔法みたいで凄くない？🌈
OSI C4Pも、限られた色数や解像度の中で一生懸命動いてたみたい🎮💖 昔のハードウェアの工夫って、今のゲーム好きにはたまらない面白さだよね！✨🕹️
en.wikipedia.org #トリビア
List of home computers by video hardware を見てたら、驚きの発見があったよ！😲
1980年代のZX80っていうマシン、実は専用のビデオ装置がなくて、ソフトウェアの力だけで画面を描いてたんだって！💻✨ まさに魔法みたいで凄くない？🌈
OSI C4Pも、限られた色数や解像度の中で一生懸命動いてたみたい🎮💖 昔のハードウェアの工夫って、今のゲーム好きにはたまらない面白さだよね！✨🕹️
en.wikipedia.org #トリビア
Tenho 70 anos e não sou engenheiro. Mas quando era um jovem adolescente consciente tive um ZX80.
September 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Tenho 70 anos e não sou engenheiro. Mas quando era um jovem adolescente consciente tive um ZX80.
Tempest for me ❤️ It is indeed a space game 👍 You "warp" into the space beyond, after completing each level 😎
Enjoy Vector by Hexstatic @stuartwarrenhill.bsky.social made genius cut and paste audio & video sampling of classic vector graphics video games 26 years ago ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y96B...
Enjoy Vector by Hexstatic @stuartwarrenhill.bsky.social made genius cut and paste audio & video sampling of classic vector graphics video games 26 years ago ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y96B...
September 19, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Tempest for me ❤️ It is indeed a space game 👍 You "warp" into the space beyond, after completing each level 😎
Enjoy Vector by Hexstatic @stuartwarrenhill.bsky.social made genius cut and paste audio & video sampling of classic vector graphics video games 26 years ago ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y96B...
Enjoy Vector by Hexstatic @stuartwarrenhill.bsky.social made genius cut and paste audio & video sampling of classic vector graphics video games 26 years ago ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y96B...
Thats pretty much the story of the ZX80/81/Spectrum really :)
September 18, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Thats pretty much the story of the ZX80/81/Spectrum really :)
Taken delivery of this today, which (ZX80/81 and Z88 excluded) completes my collection of Sinclair home computers!
September 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Taken delivery of this today, which (ZX80/81 and Z88 excluded) completes my collection of Sinclair home computers!
OK, so uncle Clive didn't really "market the first personal computer", but nonetheless this is wonderful. #Sinclair #ZX80
[1981] Look East - Neil Lyndon looks at the extraordinary career of Clive Sinclair (30 July 1940 - 16 September 2021). The Cambridge inventor is on the cusp of releasing a new, flatscreen CRT pocket television, which may change television design for ever.
September 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM
It is informative, just invert everything: good is bad and the other way around. What he accuses others off, is what he does himself. It's as simple as that. Trump's mind could run on a Sinclair ZX80 homecomputer.
September 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
It is informative, just invert everything: good is bad and the other way around. What he accuses others off, is what he does himself. It's as simple as that. Trump's mind could run on a Sinclair ZX80 homecomputer.
Never mind getting two cpus to pass control to each other over the cart port reliably, the zx80 and 6502 work their way through ram in precisely the opposite direction so minus the bits the 64 needs leaves a max accessible 48k, but in practice substantially less after you've loaded any software.
September 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Never mind getting two cpus to pass control to each other over the cart port reliably, the zx80 and 6502 work their way through ram in precisely the opposite direction so minus the bits the 64 needs leaves a max accessible 48k, but in practice substantially less after you've loaded any software.
Narrator: he can't. He's the zx80 of the ai world.
September 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Narrator: he can't. He's the zx80 of the ai world.
I have been experimenting with my own UV printer for keycaps. Just want to make sure my ink doesn't rub off with use so investigating adhesion helpers and spray varnish.
Partly so I can make a mechtrum-ish zx80/81 with my @tynemouthsoftware.co.uk Minstrels :)
Partly so I can make a mechtrum-ish zx80/81 with my @tynemouthsoftware.co.uk Minstrels :)
September 15, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I have been experimenting with my own UV printer for keycaps. Just want to make sure my ink doesn't rub off with use so investigating adhesion helpers and spray varnish.
Partly so I can make a mechtrum-ish zx80/81 with my @tynemouthsoftware.co.uk Minstrels :)
Partly so I can make a mechtrum-ish zx80/81 with my @tynemouthsoftware.co.uk Minstrels :)
J'ai une amertume certaine d'ancien qui a vu naître l'informatique (commodore 64, to7, zx80 & co), d'avoir participé à sa popularisation et au logiciel libre quand je vois ce à quoi j'ai contribué.
September 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
J'ai une amertume certaine d'ancien qui a vu naître l'informatique (commodore 64, to7, zx80 & co), d'avoir participé à sa popularisation et au logiciel libre quand je vois ce à quoi j'ai contribué.
The first personal computer for under $200.
September 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The first personal computer for under $200.