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Posted by Hammerer on 11/25/05 17:46
"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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> Hammerer wrote:
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> > "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:3uhkfsF113tkrU2@individual.net...
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> >>Hammerer wrote:
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> >>>"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
> >>>news:3uf1fkF10ui5iU2@individual.net...
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> >>>>E wrote:
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> >>>>>anthonyberet has written
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> >>>>>>I bet you didn't - the ZX81 came pre-assembled.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The ZX81 came in two options, you could buy the ready
> >>>>>assembled version for 70 or buy the self assembly kit for 50.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Perhaps I am lazy, as well as young ;)
> >>>>- I think it was 69.99 actually, although the
> >>>>16k ram-pack took it over 100.00
> >>>>I still have one.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>You could also get the self assembly kit ready assembled
> >>>at the factory for you, for an extra 20 quid. That's the route
> >>>I took. A clever move, I think you'll agree.
> >>>
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> >>blimey - you must be older than I
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> > Yep. I'm II.
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> Hmmm, I somehow doubt that one could buy new zx81's as late as 1994,
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One could buy new zx81's as late as 2005 :
http://www.zx81kit.com/
.. . . . If one really wanted to, I mean.
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> and you would be some prodigal progeny to be wanting a computer at birth!
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Sounds faintly filthy, that, anthonyberet. Porny, almost. But that's OK.
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> (unless it was to drive your incubator).
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I believe Sinclair, in their early propaganda, claimed that the ZX81 could
drive a nuclear power plant, let alone an incubator. They were idiots. I
wonder if they ever sold any to the Soviet nuclear industry?
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> I bet you are like, 38 or something, old man ;-)
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One of life's mysteries, anthonyberet.
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