Subj : Re: I want to do something retro...
To   : Bob Worm
From : Spectre
Date : Wed Jul 03 2024 21:37:00

 BW>  > Oh no.  I didn't realize the depths of the depravity of Sinclair BASIC.

 BW> The later releases I believe worked the "normal" way, it was just the very
 BW> memory constrained earlier BASICs that made life that difficult. Possibly
 BW> you could get used to it but I sure as hell was not going to put myself
 BW> through that for a computer I didn't own.

Not sure where it came from, but we liberated a Sinclair from a School
Cabinet. It had the wacky press this button for print, do not type print, do
not pass go.  We gave it back after the weekend :)

On a slightly different note, I've no idea what it'd be overseas, but we had
the "Dick Smith VZ" range of computers, VZ200 sticks in mind, not sure how
many other models there were, but it worked the same way. Horrible little
things, even smaller in footprint than the sinclair, but boxier and a little
taller, like a small tissue box.  The keys were flat with the top surface,
and you had to push them below the surface to get a key stroke.

Spec


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