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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
VzEkC This year I had the opportunity to visit the yearly event of the „Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V.“( VzEkCeV). I only had a limited amount of time, nevertheless the three hours I spent in Lehre were very entertaining Continue reading Classic Computing 2019
Thermo vs. Impact As a pupil in the 80’s I could not afford a professional printing solution (read: DIN/Letter 9 pin impact dot matrix printer) for my Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Nevertheless I were able to save up enough money to Continue reading Serial Impact
Branding Importance For those who follow my occasional „blog“ already know that I have a soft spot for everything that feature a Sinclair label on it’s case. Maybe I’m a „fashion victim“ in this regard – like people who nowadays Continue reading Sticky Commands
Full Office While the ZX Spectrum word processor Tasword II (and later versions from Tasman Software) are very well known products the surprisingly comprehensive spread sheet software from the same software house is almost unknown: Tascalc. The software itself is Continue reading Tasmanian Spread
The Servant While scanning through my more than 30 years old ZX Microdrive cartridges I found stuff that is already available at the ususal ZX Spectrum archive sites (World of Spectrum or ZXDB). Nevertheless there is still room for improvement! Continue reading Typed Gem
Tactile Add-On When the first pictures of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128 appeared usually the Spanish version of that new computer were shown. It was the Spanish Sinclair computer distributor who made Sinclair do it. So Spain was the first Continue reading Teclado
ROM Clashes After using my DivMMC Future with my ZX Spectrum 128 for a while I realized that this marvellous peripheral is better suited for a classic ZX Spectrum+/48K. There are technical reasons why you can’t really operate your Toastrack Continue reading Re-Arrangement
Sickbed As mentioned here my own, real, original 1983-buyed Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K (Issue 2) did not well stored away in a damp cellar the first years. The power supply doesn’t sound good, either – humming away with roughly 50 Continue reading Re-Convalescence
ZX For All For the first time since roughly 25 years I were able to meet other Sinclair ZX Spectrum users at the annual ZX-Team-Meeting in Mahlerts. Being basically a Sinclair ZX81 meeting organized by the german ZX-Team User Club Continue reading ZX-Team 2018