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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:06:29 EST
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- From: Brad Baxter <BBAXTER@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- Subject: Re: Gleanings (73
- In-Reply-To: Message of Wed,
- 23 Dec 1992 00:47:44 EST from <EL406045@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
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- >The ZX81 plugs into a TV set, has built in BASIC, one (1) kb of
- >memory, no disk (floppy or hard), and a little membrane keyboard
- >on which a top speed of about ten words/minute is possible after
- >a lot of practice.
- >
- >Tony H.
-
- I once read an article about how a Sinclair computer user managed
- to get his little box to print. He put a light sensor in a clear suction
- cup and stuck it to the lower right corner of the TV screen. He then
- turned on and off the pixel under the sensor, causing the sensor to
- transmit the proper codes to the printer. I found this story wonderfully
- entertaining.
-
- * Alt-Brad *
-