rnlfI guess I'm gonna talk a bit about the vintage computers I have accumulated over the years, what I have and haven't (yet) done to them, and maybe some extra info?
We'll see what sticks.
Okay, this one is for @Tijn
Sharp MZ-731. I think this computer was originally meant for small businesses mostly. It's graphics capabilities are essentially non-existent: It doesn't have any graphics video modes, just text modes, but surprisingly 512 characters to choose from.
The 731 is the second highest model from the range. It featured a built-in tape recorder and plotter.
There's a 780 model, which has all that and more.
Martijn Frazer@rnlf The 731 is the *exact* model I had as a kid!
They were originally bought at my dad's workplace in the early 80s. They got rid of them by the late 80s and replaced them with IBM PCs, so the employees were offered the machines if they wanted them.
My dad took one home, fiddled with it for a few evenings and then gave it to me to play "games" on.
I mostly remember fiddling with the built-in BASIC interpreter to print bizarre patterns with the plotter haha
@Tijn That's probably all you can do with it 😋
@rnlf I mostly remember waiting 20 minutes for a game to load from tape, only for it to give a read error and having to do it all again. I sometimes had to spend the entire school break just to wait for a game to load 😬
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