OK not strictly a computer but a retro pong based machine & was a very popular ‘tennis’ game console from the late seventies, first manufactured in 1976 by Binatone. The Binatone TV Master Mark IV, was one of the most popular in the UK. Like the dozens of other TV … Read More »
Well it’s been over 35 years since the original Sinclair ZX Spectrum was launched so i think it’s only fair to pair homage to it with my latest addition to the “Computers i’ve owned” section. I’ve actually owned a few of these, albeit in there original Sinclair incarnation pre Amstrad … Read More »
I actually owned 2, 1 broke down & was used for parts when i obtained another one which i kept u until the late 1990s. The Commodore’s Amiga 500 was the low-end version of the Amiga range of the time. It was a fairly easy machine to fix & maintain … Read More »
The First computer I owned was the Commodore VIC-20. This was an 8-bit home computer which was sold by Commodore Business Machines, or CBM in the early part of 1980’s. At the time i got the machine the Commodore 64 had just been released, however i favoured the VIC20 as … Read More »
The Amstrad PCW. I know what you are saying “they are not computers but basic word processors” to which you have a point, however the PCW series machines i owned (as detailed here) were able to be loaded into DOS or CP/M type modes, allowing the use of bespoke software to … Read More »
I owned a few 8 bit machines, this was the very first model of computer i owned that was manufactured by Amstrad. I obtained it as a load of parts that someone had tried to fix the keyboard & couldn’t, it also had an azimuth problem (which i later fixed … Read More »
