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Sinclair And Clones Computer Show

Posted by timothy on from the lovely-keyboards-too dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The Sinclair ZX Spectrum seems to be alive and well with 'Your Sinclair' magazine being relaunched at WH Smiths newsagents, and according to this, there is a Spectrum and clones computer show in Norwich, England, (the other Sinclair formats and clones include the QL, SAM Coupe, Timex/Sinclair, ZX81, Z88 etc). It looks like it could be fun. I must get my Spectrum out and play some games."

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  1. ooh does anyone remember this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    When you're LISTing a program on the Speccy and it asks you to scroll go into extended mode and press a key... the screen scrolls up lots of garbage. Bug or easter egg?

    1. Re:ooh does anyone remember this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      does anyone remember this When you're LISTing a program on the Speccy and it asks you to scroll go into extended mode and press a key... the screen scrolls up lots of garbage. Bug or easter egg?

      I remember it every time I read Slashdot and constantly scroll lots of garbage on my screen.

  2. So... by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 4, Funny

    Am I the only one who thought that T'zer was no hottie? That magazine was years ahead of its time, by the way...

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  3. obligatory question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    does it run Linux?

    1. Re:obligatory question by Gordonjcp · · Score: 4, Funny

      I *did* write a task-scheduler for the Spectrum once, which could sequence eight different tasks. I incorporated something derived from it into some embedded controller code (running on a Z80) for a company that did, well, embedded stuff. I heard a bit later on, that the company had been bought by a large electronics manufacturer, and the simple scheduler I'd written while off my tits on magic mushrooms one night while I was in 6th year at high school, has since been incorporated into the braking system controllers of a very high-end automobile...

  4. obligatory answer by FyRE666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    No.

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  5. Norwich? by ollie_ob · · Score: 3, Funny

    Norwich?

    Arrrharrrrr!!!

    </Partridge>

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  6. WTF?!? A new issue of Your Sinclair? by spectecjr · · Score: 1, Funny

    A new issue of YS?

    And nobody even emailed me?

    Gah! I've been robbed!

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  7. Re:What I find interesting by rco3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What I find interesting...is why doesn't anyone massively manufacture faster CPUs basing their underlying design on the ZX Spectrum...

    Oh, I know this one! It's because they're all stupid, right?

    I'm certain that the engineers and scientists at Intel, AMD, VIA, Transmeta, Motorola, IBM, SGI, etc. (many of whom with EARNED Ph.D's) are all sitting around reading Slashdot so that they can harvest your pearls of wisdom, and learn from the master how to build faster microprocessors. If they would just clock a Z80 at 2 GHz, they could run BASIC programs REALLY fast!

    No, wait - that's not it. They're not building the fastest, most efficient architectures they can BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO. Same reason Microsoft won't release the secure version of Windows XP, and Linus won't allow a user-friendly version of Linux. They're deliberately denying YOU your god-given right to run small, efficient code at high speeds so that they can maintain control over your brainwaves... no?

    Oh, yeah. Maybe it's because IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE, and pretending to have a Ph.D. doesn't actually confer any knowledge or intelligence. Hmm?

    Your post(s) smell of Amsterdam Vallon.

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  8. And my old teacher said I was wasting my life.... by TAZ6416 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In my last year at School I got caught reading Crash magazine and Sinclair User in English class a few times and my teacher said I was throwing my life away by not paying attention to O'Level English. But now, I have a job supporting over 800 Windows XP Desktops, all because of that little rubber keyed bugger. Oh hang on.. supporting XP is hell, bollocks he was right, I'm wasting my life ;) Jonathan

  9. Re:Popularity? by spectecjr · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because we have a culture

    Only if yeast infections count.

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  10. Obligitory Python (Monty) quote by Verminator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You have won tonight's star prize, the entire Norwich city council!"

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  11. I was in love once.. by deadgoon42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..a Sinclair ZX-81. People said, "No, Holly, she's not for you." She's cheap, she's stupid, and she wouldn't load - well, not for me, anyway.

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  12. Re:Why no 'simple' computers like this today? by flabbergast · · Score: 2, Funny

    Geez, I wish cars were like they were 80 years ago. I mean, nobody understands how their car works anymore! I'd give anything to prime the cylinders in my car, and crank the engine over by hand! I mean, real men know exactly what their cars do, and don't leave it up to computers and such things! I mean, today's cars with their fancy keys and electric starters and brakes that actually work abstract the essence of the car away from the driver! The driver should know how their car works and why!

    Bollux to all you people who keep saying "Man, I miss the old days!" I sure as heck don't miss the old DOS days of trying to get around the 640K limit or IRQ nightmares. Now, I plug and play. Or with the C64 and its terrific graphics! Yah 320x240 screen with pixels so large that people don't have discernible faces.