mirrorbird (22:28:47)
i did have one, but it was second-hand. pretty cool. very expandable, very beautifully designed. like how a unix nerd would design a computer.

mirrorbird (22:28:19)
they were expensive so mostly not a 'home' computer unless you were a teacher's kid

mirrorbird (22:27:46)
yes, they were big in schools in the early-mid 80s, because it was designed as an official 'standard'/benchmark computer, for the BBC. (they had TV shows about "learn how to compute")

franz_opa (22:27:11)
did you encounter BBC micros?

mirrorbird (22:26:35)
and funny enough, most other 8-bits actually offered different 'screen modes' (the old tradeoff -- how much spare memory do you need). look at the BBC Micro. so -- blah blah

mirrorbird (22:25:54)
adding more RAM and AY chip was nice but ehhh. we knew by the mid-80s most people wanted games.

mirrorbird (22:25:38)
imho they shoulda fixed the whole 'colour clash' graphics issue on the Speccy 128 (1985-1986), that was the main problem.

franz_opa (22:25:23)
i think the name is familiar to me from kohina radio

mirrorbird (22:24:39)
speccy compatibility was not an issue then, you could probably *almost* run a decent emulator for some things if you wanted that

mirrorbird (22:24:13)
anyway. it's a really nice machine (and the best designed BASIC i've ever seen), but it was released i think 1990, way too late when the Amiga was out.

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