Date   : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:18:53 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: BBC News - Retro computers on display to fans at

Tim Fardell wrote:
> I think Sinclair deserves a lot of credit for creating a machine that 
> people could actually afford to buy. I would probably have never had a 
> computer to tinker with *at all* if they all cost the same as a BBC.

Yes, same here... the Spectrum did a huge amount for the price; it's pretty 
amazing what some programmers could squeeze out of it. There's no way my folks 
would have paid for a beeb at home, anyway.

cheers

Jules