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Re: [LUG] Little bit off topic - The ZX Spectrum is 25 today!

 

Rob Beard wrote:
> Mark Jose wrote:
>   
>> On Monday 23 April 2007 19:29, Charlie BT wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Now I feel old, as I had one
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>     
>>>       
>> Still got mine, together with the books and loads of games!
>>
>> Mark
>>   
>>     
> I've got a VIC20 with manuals and software (but no tape deck) and an 
> Acorn Electron in the loft.  I also have a C64 but for some reason it 
> doesn't work.
>
> Maybe we should bring these old computers to a meeting.  Okay, it's not 
> Linux related but if I recall correctly, some bright spark has worked 
> out how to put an IDE interface and TCP/IP stack complete with web 
> server on a C64 (and I think something similar on an Atari 8-bit and 
> Speccy too).
>
> Rob
>
>
>   
That would be cool,   tcp/ip on a speccy, ,  I remember someone managing 
to increase the memory on a spectrum to something like 71k,  using a 
switch,  (so keep memory refeshed, while switching to another part of 
memory or something) can't remember exactly how.

Paul

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