vectrexroli Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I wanted to share my video about the Sinclair ZX80 homecomputer from 1980, maybe also interesting for some of you: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Nice video! If I remember correctly, the first home computer Jeff Minter (among thousands of other people, of course) used was a ZX-80, after having been introduced to computers by the Commodore PET at his school. He was quite delighted when his father upgraded it to a ZX-81, to get rid of the constant blinking, and as you know made a few games sold by DKtronics I believe. Though his career didn't really take off until the ZX-81 was replaced with a VIC-20, which had both colours, redefinable graphics, sound and joystick input. Also, perhaps you have someone else who could be your camera (wo)man while you're soldering, so they can shoot the footage for you to edit later? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Were there any 'official' games released way back for the ZX80? With 'official', I mean games from UK software houses to be purchased at WHSmith or computer shops. Like Automated Simulations (Epyx) in USA did games for the A2 from 1978 onwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectrexroli Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Nice video! If I remember correctly, the first home computer Jeff Minter (among thousands of other people, of course) used was a ZX-80, after having been introduced to computers by the Commodore PET at his school. He was quite delighted when his father upgraded it to a ZX-81, to get rid of the constant blinking, and as you know made a few games sold by DKtronics I believe. Though his career didn't really take off until the ZX-81 was replaced with a VIC-20, which had both colours, redefinable graphics, sound and joystick input. Also, perhaps you have someone else who could be your camera (wo)man while you're soldering, so they can shoot the footage for you to edit later? There is really no space with all the camera equipment, lights and field monitor around my desk for a camera woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectrexroli Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Were there any 'official' games released way back for the ZX80? With 'official', I mean games from UK software houses to be purchased at WHSmith or computer shops. Like Automated Simulations (Epyx) in USA did games for the A2 from 1978 onwards. Yes accroding to Paul Farrow´s web page there were a few at least: www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ZX80/FlickerFree/ZX80_SpaceInvaders.htm Edited December 10, 2016 by vectrexroli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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