Subj : Re: I want to do something retro...
To   : Spectre
From : Bob Worm
Date : Wed Jul 03 2024 21:55:37

  Re: Re: I want to do something retro...
  By: Spectre to Bob Worm on Wed Jul 03 2024 21:37:00

Hi, Spec.

 > 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 :)

There's something to be said for a system that's so disappointing that people not only think twice about pinching it but actually return it once they've had a go.

Somehow reminds me of when an old friend took the dashboard out of a car to turn the mileage back and someone had written "oh no, not again!" in tippex on the back :)

BobW
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