for out 16km expansion pack we tried blue-tac and cellotape to hold it in place and drilled holes in it to keep it cool. In the end ..... we bought a Spectrum......then did the 48kb mem upgrade.....smoking !! :-)<br><br>I remember a mate of mine spending all day entering in a hundreds of lines of code from a magazine for a program, and his dog tripped over the power cable......hahahaha....those were the days :-)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Conor Boyd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Conor.Boyd@trimble.co.nz">Conor.Boyd@trimble.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Nearly, but by the time I could afford one, I got a ZX
Spectrum +3 instead!</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Built-in tape drive, etc.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">I remember those 16kb expansion packs tho'. Wobbly
upright things IIRC. Sort of thing you had to prop upright/wedge in with a
piece of lego or similar!</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Indeed, those were the days...</font></span></div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz" target="_blank">delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz" target="_blank">delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy
Coulter<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 31 March 2009 12:34 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> NZ
Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG]
[DUG-Offtopic] new PC<br></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<div></div>ok, here we go then....... who had a a ZX81 then eh??
better stil who had a ZX81 with a 16kb expansion pack ?? (apart from
me)<br><br>Jeremy<br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Phil Scadden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:p.scadden@gns.cri.nz" target="_blank">p.scadden@gns.cri.nz</a>></span>
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<div><br>> As a Schlumerger Trainee I used a PDP 11/23 but I think
you will all<br>><br></div>I have fond memories of the PDP as well. The
original vax was shared<br>with all of DSIR. We had PDP that was the "local"
computer till we got<br>our vax in 1985. However,<br>
<div>> have to take a bow to my ex business partner Lawrence
Wilkinson as to his story with an IBM 360 see here<br>><br></div>Great
story.<br>
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