Archive for January 2012
Ready to ZXpand
My mini TV has arrived and with a bit of fine-tuning we’re in business: However, the quality is pretty poor. I can only get a clear display if I stand up to the right of the machine and hold onto the UHF cable, which it makes it pretty hard to key stuff in 8-( The…
Read MoreHi-tech display for ZX81 on the way…
Last week I found a (possibly) suitable TV on eBay for just over £10 with postage. It’s only a 5.5in display but I hope this will be sufficient for some basic testing. Still not arrived though. In the meantime, I’ve been thinking about how to load/save any programs I end up writing. I don’t have…
Read MoreZX81 – out of the box
It must be an age thing but I’ve recently started (investing?) in retro kit, from the 1990s, 1980s and earlier. This has included hifi (including recently a superb Pioneer A400 – http://www.gbaudio.co.uk/data/a400.htm) amplifier, and vinyl LPs, but one item that I’ve had on the list for a while is a Sinclair ZX81 home computer. I bought…
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