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My first computer: The ZX Spectrum

By Ben King

Published: Tuesday 11 January 2005

Reader Comments

It seemed a bit strange but none of us had the sam...
Simon Jefferson

What about Micronet (and Prestel). An entire indus...
MikeW

I have to disagree on the point of learning about ...
Liam Tohms

I had the Speccy 48k and the 48k+ before moving on...
Mark

And does anyone remember BBC TV's "The Computer Pr...
Paul MacKenzie Ross

One night the cat decided to throw up on my Speccy...
David Ward

Todays PCs are rubbish. I had a ZX81, 16K Spectrum...
Jason Moss

Ahhhhh. This brings back memories :) I remember d...
James Lord

It was reminiscing about my old Speccy that starte...
Adrian Graham

Yes, I can remember a lot of those things about my...
Pete Hughes

When I first plugged my new Spectrum in the whole ...
Pat Cantwell

Well in Italy computer where too expensive at tha ...
Marco

20 mins loading? Hourly crashes? Spectrum load...
Anonymous

i received a google alert for a different matter, ...
Anonymous

The BBC Computer Programme was hosted by Bill McNa...
Simon

Boooo!! Spectrums are rubbish! I've got a VIC 20! ...
windsofchange

I had a ZX-81, followed by a Commodore 16 (yes, 16...
Adam Colley

Does anybody remember the Sinclair QL. The QL stoo...
Sempai

Sinclair QL's greatest mistake was having "microdr...
MikeW

I blew my Spectrum with one of the cursed Currah S...
Adrian Carter

A friend and I had one of the early MK14 computers...
Graham Guy

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