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On 29/01/2009 10:48, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Rob Beard wrote: > > >> On 29/01/2009 08:51, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >>> Pah. I raise your Spectrum 48K with: >>> >>> http://unicorn.drogon.net/mk14.jpg >>> >>> Not got it booting Linux yet, but .. >>> >>> Gordon >>> >>> >> Is that the Pre ZX80 self build kit from Sinclair? >> > > Yes, the Mk 14. (Mark 14?) > > It had a weedy 8-bit processor, came with a 128 byte ROM (or was it 256 > bytes, I've forgotten) and 128 bytes of RAM. I added the 2nd IO chip which > gave it another 128 bytes of RAM. > > That photo was taken about 6 months ago - I'd powered it up for some other > "when I wur a lad" type of thing ;-) > > More here: > > http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=961 > > I have an Apple ][ too, but the PSU lost it's magic black smoke a couple > of years back )-: > > > Gordon > I see, that was a bit before my time. I started on the ZX81. :-) It's amazing to think how far things have come but one thing hasn't changed, it still takes ages to load anything (when running Vista). Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html