Author Archives: cha05e90
Storage Storage
Black Wallets With the release of the Sinclair ZX Microdrive the company brought out a stylish black wallet for the storage of the precious ZX Microdrive cartridges. During the years some of these piled up here – but not that Continue reading Storage Storage
The Heaviest Matter of the Universe
Sleepwalker
The First Device
Small, simple, inexpensive Before I could afford an Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16K in the last weeks of 1983 I did my first steps in the computing world with it’s even cheaper, older sibling: a Sinclair ZX81 (bought in summer 1983 Continue reading The First Device
Soul Intrusion
Arrival
And finally…
…it comes to full circle In 2017 I learned about the Kickstarter Project for a brand new Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Now – roughly – three years later it’s here. It’s the second time in my life when a new Sinclair Continue reading And finally…
Dine Alone
The Wizard of Type-ins
Type, SAVE and RUN Like most of us mid-80’s 8-bit-people I was an eager „typist“. Beneath buying software (or testing…erm… backup’ed software) a lot of games and utilities were type-ins from the various computer magazines. My own programming skills rose Continue reading The Wizard of Type-ins
