tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217179243762425644.post8863538334067461603..comments2024-03-19T18:05:13.209+13:00Comments on TestSheepNZ: Programming - it was acceptable in the 80s ...TestSheephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05047308702049182716noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217179243762425644.post-32035243442920807002019-11-17T12:59:45.016+13:002019-11-17T12:59:45.016+13:00It lives!
https://supratim-sanyal.blogspot.com/201...It lives!<br />https://supratim-sanyal.blogspot.com/2019/11/powering-up-british-zx-spectrum-after_16.htmlSupratim Sanyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380557919662188308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217179243762425644.post-75168960142480465732014-02-07T19:35:07.061+13:002014-02-07T19:35:07.061+13:00here's the thing. putting aside the whole tes...here's the thing. putting aside the whole testing thing (which i don't understand by the way...but that's ok) there were a whole lot of really amazing things that were acceptable in the 80s. what awesome times they were!missrabbittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066795874518511702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217179243762425644.post-41046417474464237162014-02-06T14:37:28.027+13:002014-02-06T14:37:28.027+13:00To learn about computers at Abbot Beyne, you had t...To learn about computers at Abbot Beyne, you had to be one of the latin students. Yeah, that made sense. Great tales there.TestSheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047308702049182716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217179243762425644.post-29375676756737761982014-02-06T14:31:45.145+13:002014-02-06T14:31:45.145+13:00Thanks for the comments - oh yes, the nostalgia of...Thanks for the comments - oh yes, the nostalgia of that time. It was exciting, and you believed computers could do anything. Though ironically we thought about computers becoming self-aware and maybe nuking us, we never really dreamed of things like Facebook, YouTube or even BlogSpot (a diary ... that anyone can read?)TestSheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047308702049182716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217179243762425644.post-6518792761763927422014-02-06T12:14:39.231+13:002014-02-06T12:14:39.231+13:00Tape Loading Error! The bane of my game playing yo...Tape Loading Error! The bane of my game playing youth :) I remember the rubber keyed ZX Spectrum 48k I believe it was. A big improvement on my ZX81 and Oric Atmos. Ah, those were the days "20 Goto 10" oh yeh!Mark Crowtherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540303029361604504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217179243762425644.post-3980233520962319452014-02-06T11:07:27.702+13:002014-02-06T11:07:27.702+13:00Thanks for the memories, Mike, and happy Waitangi ...Thanks for the memories, Mike, and happy Waitangi Day.<br /><br />I've gone the opposite way to yourself (a native sheep now calling England home) but I have fond memories of popping around to a mate's place at home in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the early 80's to spend half an hour watching a cassette tape load up to play a game. Can't honestly remember if it was a ZX Spectrum or a Commodore 64 though.<br /><br />We had a small crowd of what would now be called "geeks" at Gisborne Boys High School around '83-'85 teaching ourselves to program on Apple IIe's (bit of trivia - ex MP Charles Chauvel was an awesome programmer), and I remember the first "Computer Studies" course being brought in, around 1985. Unfortunately that first course was only at Gisborne Girls High School and the Head frowned upon our efforts to get to the girl's school for the course...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389103422905618248noreply@blogger.com