My Dragon 32 or 64 (can’t remember which it was) has a lot to answer for too!
Comment on Cost of a 128KB computer with floppies in 1985
zerbey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is why the ZX Spectrum was so important, in 1982 it cost £125 for the 16K model (£469 or so now). That’s within the reach of many consumers.
Oneobi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
zerbey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Whole bunch of low cost 8-bit machines in that era, the Dragon 32, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC ranges to name but a few. Of course we must also mention the BBC Micro, was not low cost but every school had one if you grew up in the UK.
khannie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We had one in my school in Ireland too (and I think they were common in schools here) but tbh none of the teachers knew how to use it and so we got very little time on it in school.
Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 year ago
Hey ZX-81 gang here!
999SKR (Swedish crowns) guess it was like 100$ and it gave you a 1KB 1Mhz computer :-) around 400SKR more for an expansion card with a whopping 16KB…
Went the C64 way but damn that Spectrum was sexy back in the day.
Magister@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ZX81 here too! Bought 500FF in 1981 iirc, in kit.