Headphones

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:35 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Oh and as for spectrums and c64s I'm afraid my Basic programming days go back earlier than that, to the good ol' BBC

Same era man, all based on the MOS 6502 processor

Post by **Doggo** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:34 pm

Nah. Z80A FTW!

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:48 pm

Doggo wrote:Nah. Z80A FTW!

Clearly you're drunk.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:38 am

Z80 and 82 are quite amazing you know... completely different design keyboard, but somehow both unite in the same result - completely unusable!

Post by **indigolemon** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:55 am

wurlycorner wrote:Z80 and 82 are quite amazing you know... completely different design keyboard, but somehow both unite in the same result - completely unusable!

Now I'm lost

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:03 pm

ZX80

Crap unresponsive/hard to use keyboard

ZX82

Crap, wibbly wobbly/hard to use keyboard

Different solutions, same 'crap' outcome!

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:05 pm

While we're fully derailling this thread, I had one of these.. Atari 65XE

Post by **indigolemon** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:11 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Crap, wibbly wobbly/hard to use keyboard

Different solutions, same 'crap' outcome!

Ahh, I getcha, I thought we were still talking processors!

bb1boy wrote:While we're fully derailling this thread, I had one of these.. Atari 65XE

You have my sympathies

That was after Tramiel got kicked out of Commodore. Legend has it he bought Atari for something like $1

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:33 pm

Yeah it sucked, but it was my first 'computer' and I loved playing Pothole Pete!

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:40 pm

Citadel and Elite on the BBC FTW...