People old enough to remember the Sinclair Research advertising from 1980 that a #ZX80 could run a power station, will not need to watch #ScottManley's latest, as they already know the answer. (-:

https://youtube.com/v/XQTh1Davsj8

Yes, I too remember it as a nuclear power station. But I've just found a picture of someone with one of the contemporary computer magazines showing the advertisement, and #SinclairResearch never actually said what sort of power station in the advertising copy. Apparently, that's something that we collectively added to the mythology.

#ZXSpectrum #retrocomputing #Apollo #LunarLanding

1981: Inventor CLIVE SINCLAIR on the ZX80 and TV80 | BBC Archive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRfazZK-nVs

#zx80 #retro #retrocomputing #80s

Forty-six years ago today, Clive Sinclair announced the ZX80. Thanks in no small part to an ocean between us and Cambridge, we didn’t have one until much later in 1980.

My dad loved hacking and souping up his ZX80. Through hindsight and the lens of my being a father, I understand that he got even more enjoyment by sharing it and standing back to see what I did.

Thanks for your amazing little white box, Sir Clive. And for the wonderful memories, Dad.

#Sinclair #ZX80

https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2472/Computer-for-all-the-family-is-launched/