Thomas SturmHappy 45th Birthday to the Sinclair ZX81!
Release Date: March 5, 1981
vampirdaddy@tsturm
It is about in the middle between the first freely programmable computer (Zuse Z1, Patents date 05/1936, prototypes older) and today!
@vampirdaddy True! Those early 8-bit machines were such a dramatic change in how computing looked - before it was a room full of giant machines, and now suddenly it was a small box in front of the TV in the living room.