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Build Your Own Sinclair ZX81 Ad, BYTE Magazine, Volume 7, Number 9, September 1982 (infosec.pub)
submitted 6 months ago by marx2k@lemmy.world to c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works
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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

$80 in '82 is ~$260 now.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Damn. Just ran that and came to your comment.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And now look at current prices for game consoles...

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that's a good comparison.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Not so much a comparison as a criticism of prices of current consoles

[–] psychonova@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

oh damn, thank you for posting this! I had one of these as a kid but could never remember exactly which one it was but that jogged the memory instantly

[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Merry Christmas :D

[–] tracker@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Still have mine!

[–] 1ns1p1d@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I wish I still had mine. 3D monster maze, 1k chess, nightgunner, gulpman.

My neighbor had a zx80. I remember playing a game on that too, but i don't remember what it was.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Me too. Luckily I had a friend who studied electrical engineering who helped me put it together.

[–] tracker@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

I added pictures to the root post

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did you build it yourself? It looks awesome!

[–] tracker@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Added pictures to the root post. Check it out

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

I shall, thank you very much!

[–] tracker@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mine, highly modded, inside a gutted Atari 400 box. Has a homemade hi-res module 256x192, Sound board AY-3-8912, homemade keyboard, modified ROM with extra functions, dual boot with assembly compiler, 10KB ROM, 6KB Static RAM, 16KB Dynamic RAM.

[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I love the putting it in a gutted A400.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

TheTimex Sinclair (assembled) was marketed as the first home computer for under a hundred bucks ($99). A buddy of mine ran a BBS dedicated the Sinclair. He ran it on a Commador 64