Tu, Andrew Halliwell hai scritto questo in
data Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:11:04 UTC:

> Mentore Siesto wrote:
> > Tu, Andrew Halliwell hai scritto questo in
> > data Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:33:25 UTC:
> >
> >> Ken wrote:
> >> > Another quiz..
> >> >
> >> > Complete the following terms
> >> >
> >> > Chucky Egg______
> >> > Jet pac
> >> > Manic miner____
> >> > 3D Monster Maze
> >> > Highway Encounter
> >> > Ant > >> > Jet Set Willy_________
> >
> > Didn't remember 3D Monster Maze. Gotcha.
>
> How could you forget that?! Still scares the willies out of me when the
> T-Rex catches you. "horror" video games like splatterhouse? Pah, not a patch
> on that.

What can I say? I live in Italy... At those times, "original software"
was a dream (an exensive dream, I must say) :-(

> >> > What was blu-tak commonly used for on early sinclair computers?
> >>
> >> Rampack wobble inhibitor
> >
> > What?!? Ah yes... ZX80 / 81, right?
>
> Yep.

BTW, I just took my little ZX Spectrum out of its case, and I think I
will open up its keyboard and make a "clicky" version. Still, I'm
thinking about a new membrane... Will see some other possibilities,
like a new keyboard membrane + a keyboard interface: Sinclair style
and professional keyboard usefulness all together :-)

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Since they've already been answered there doesn't seem much point, except...

Ken wrote:

> Kempston _________ interface

Printer. I had one. :-P

> What computer did acorn make before the BBC computer?

Since this can be interpreted as "immediately before", I won't get all
trainspottery and point out that they made Systems 1-5 before the Atom.

Except I just did. Damn. I'll never be one of the cool kids. (I'll say.
You're well on your way to 40. -Ed.)

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Ian Rawlings wrote:
> It was however a very good laptop for its time, with excellent battery
> life (due to heavy lead-acid cell) and far better screen than its
> contemporaries due to it being monochrome, it was quick, sharp and
> didn't fade into a blur if the text scrolled on screen. For 1989 that
> was pretty good and it did impress. Sadly it was still a mac!

So, virtually all the features that made it a Mac rather than some other
flavour of computer were impressive, but "sadly it was still a Mac"...? Hmm.

On 2008-10-19, Calum wrote:

> So, virtually all the features that made it a Mac rather than some other
> flavour of computer were impressive, but "sadly it was still a Mac"...? Hmm.

Er, I fail to see how a sharp, quick screen and excellent battery life
are what made it a mac! Just exactly what was it that was
mac-specific that I praised? Or do I smell a mac freak?

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On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:25:49 +0100, Duncan Snowden wrote:

> Since they've already been answered there doesn't seem much point, except...
>
> Ken wrote:
>
>> Kempston _________ interface
>
> Printer. I had one. :-P
>
>> What computer did acorn make before the BBC computer?
>
> Since this can be interpreted as "immediately before", I won't get all
> trainspottery and point out that they made Systems 1-5 before the Atom.

Hah, I almost went there, too :-) I suppose "the prototype BBC computer"
qualifies as an answer too, given that it was a complete lash-up and
nothing like the familiar product...

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:27:09 +0100, Paul E Collins wrote:

> (Unless that was in the instructions, which... er... my dog ate.)

.... shortly before he cloned an original tape for backup purposes?

Mentore Siesto wrote:

> If I were to be a little more objective, I'd say "no match" because
> they were two different machines... But hey, I'm a specchum, so I
> definitely go for my beloved ZX :-)

Hi!


I would advice to step up to an ATARI 400/800 or XL/XE series, at
least. By the way, the 800 ATARI was playing a role in a movie.... Do
you know worth mentioning movies with a C64!? I have never seen....

Then you can reach the same goal in Video [smooth] and Audio). Except
that you have a faster CPU, a better Video, and something that you Can
(may) call an OS , ...with an Atari.



Best regards,

Daniel Mandic

Tu, "Daniel Mandic" hai scritto questo in data
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:03:45 UTC:

> Mentore Siesto wrote:
>
> > If I were to be a little more objective, I'd say "no match" because
> > they were two different machines... But hey, I'm a specchum, so I
> > definitely go for my beloved ZX :-)
>
> I would advice to step up to an ATARI 400/800 or XL/XE series, at
> least. By the way, the 800 ATARI was playing a role in a movie.... Do
> you know worth mentioning movies with a C64!? I have never seen....

Daniel, I don't remember the ZX Spectrum having a role in movies, but
it was used by RAI TV for some TV show. Also, the Sinclair QL was used
in the '85 edition of the Giro d'Italia (the year before, some ZX
Spectrum were used.) The machines provided statistics, graphical views
of the course, and some other infos.

Not bad for those "ugly machines with rubber keys" :-)

> Then you can reach the same goal in Video [smooth] and Audio). Except
> that you have a faster CPU, a better Video, and something that you Can
> (may) call an OS , ...with an Atari.

For me, I go with ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL.

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"Daniel Mandic" wrote in message
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> Mentore Siesto wrote:
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> you know worth mentioning movies with a C64!? I have never seen....
>
....snip

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=66

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 Mentore Siesto wrote:

>Daniel, I don't remember the ZX Spectrum having a role in movies,

Not exactly a 'role', but I'm pretty sure a Sinclair computer of some
sort was used for some moving map FX in this:

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0088083/

If memory serves (it's about 22 years since I've seen this movie) the
map graphics were in colour, which suggests either a Spectrum or -- if
any were in existence as early as 1984 -- an Eastern European clone.

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Tu, "Ken" hai scritto questo
in data Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:24:54 UTC:

>
> "Daniel Mandic" wrote in message
> news:48fc8fbf$0$26595$91cee783@newsreader01.highwa y.telekom.at...
> > Mentore Siesto wrote:
> ... snip...
> > you know worth mentioning movies with a C64!? I have never seen....
> >
> ...snip
>
> http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=66

And the winner is...

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=44

If I would be a bad guy (TM), I'd point out that nearly all the
Commodore 64 "used" in the listed movies were shut off, and the only
one powered up was in a computer fair, not a Commodore computer fair:
The ZX81 used in that other movie was used to a more complex task :-P

Just kidding, anyway.

Mentore

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Mentore Siesto wrote:

> Daniel, I don't remember the ZX Spectrum having a role in movies, but
> it was used by RAI TV for some TV show. Also, the Sinclair QL was used
> in the '85 edition of the Giro d'Italia (the year before, some ZX
> Spectrum were used.) The machines provided statistics, graphical views
> of the course, and some other infos.

Servus Mentore Siesto!


I saw a quiz-show in Slovenia TV, long ago. An ~11y old pupil has shown
a music demo. Paper and Border changed when a tone was hit by the
(obviously Basic) program.

> For me, I go with ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL.

Yeah, I am a kind of an ill PC User, talking trash about smoothness and
video etc., but w/o any modern video game-console :-), which I could
call mine.

Only ATARI VCS is here... (ol' heavy sixer)
[smooth though ;-)]
By the way. It was my first computer before the Sinclair ZX-Spectrum
48K came.



Best regards,

Daniel Mandic

Ken wrote:

> http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=66

Hi Ken!


......The store that Miles buys his computer from also stocks Commodore
64s

That is in Electric Dreams. Wonderful film! ....but a C64 is not star
starring therein.



Best regards,

Daniel Mandic