NZ Bits and Bytes November 1983
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@oldtechadverts.bsky.socialNZ Bits and Bytes November 1983
@oldtechadverts.bsky.socialNZ Bits and Bytes November 1983
@kevintoms.bsky.socialSinclair gave us the "rubber-keyed wonder."
Tangerine Computers gave us the "chiclet-keyed wonder" 😁
📷 Retromobe
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@oldtechadverts.bsky.socialNZ Bits and Bytes November 1983
@kevintoms.bsky.socialDo you remember "Eureka" and its £25,000 reward? 🤯
#KevinToms #Eureka #RetroGame #Commodore #C64 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
@kevintoms.bsky.socialAnother favourable review from the March 1984 issue of CRASH magazine 🙂
#KevinToms #FootballManager #CRASHmagazine #FootballGame #RetroGame #UKGame #AddictiveGames #ComputerGames #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
@kevintoms.bsky.socialThe Speccy is back - and it comes with Football Manager 2 🙂
https://retrogames.biz/products/thespectrum/
#KevinToms #FootballManager #ClassicGame #FootballGame #ManagerGame #RetroGames #UKGames #UKRetro #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers
@kevintoms.bsky.socialThe QL is best remembered as a technologically robust machine that nevertheless did not appeal to the market it was expected to tap into.
#KevinToms #SinclairQL #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
@kevintoms.bsky.socialAn iconic adventure writing system: THE QUILL!
#KevinToms #Gilsoft #TheQuill #TheIllustrator #AdventureSystem #AdventureWriter #TextBasedAdventureGame #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
@kevintoms.bsky.socialThe "Rubber-Keyed Wonder" changed the British computer industry - and its consumer market - forever!
#KevinToms #ZXSpectrum #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
@kevintoms.bsky.socialHow many of you remember seeing "The Terminal Man" comic strips on some of the games magazines of the 80s?
#KevinToms #TheTerminalMan #CRASHMagazine #RetroMagazine #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
@kevintoms.bsky.socialThe ZX81 improved on the ZX80's weak points, resulting in a wonderful machine, more popular than its predecessor.
#KevinToms #ZX81 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
@kevintoms.bsky.socialDid you ever attend one of these shows?
#KevinToms #Commodore #C64 #C128 #ComputerShow #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
@oldtechadverts.bsky.socialNZ Bits and Bytes November 1983
@kevintoms.bsky.socialThe microcomputer that pioneered what is arguably the most iconic British computer series in history: the ZX80!
📷 Ilias Gainutdinov
#KevinToms #ZX80 #SinclairComputers #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
@kevintoms.bsky.social"Could YOU be a Software Star?" 🙂
#KevinToms #SoftwareStar #AddictiveGames #RetroGame #UKGame #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
@kevintoms.bsky.socialHow many of you used a Nimbus in the past?
#KevinToms #RMNimbus #ResearchMachines #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
@kevintoms.bsky.socialAnother throwback to something you could find on almost every issue of every game magazine back in the day: MAPS 🗺️
#KevinToms #DunDarach #DunDarachMap #GameMap #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #UKComputers #UKRetro
@kevintoms.bsky.socialThe LINK 480Z was a 1982 microcomputer developed by Research Machines Ltd.
📷 Marcin Wichary
#KevinToms #LINK480Z #ResearchMachines #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
@kevintoms.bsky.socialKnown as "The Last of the 8-bit Computers," the SAM Coupé was an outstanding system, yet outdated right from the start.
#KevinToms #SAMCoupe #MilesGordonTechnologies #MGT #80sComputers #UKmicrocomputers #homecomputers #microcomputers #retrocomputers #UKretro #UKcomputers
