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Cliff Lawson:
> Ha! Kids of today eh? Don't know what they missed! The serial number
> of my ZX80 kit which I ordered the day the advert first appeared in
> Personal Computer World was number 000359 - wonder if anyone got an
> earlier model?

The only time I saw a ZX80, it was being used as a doorstop.  Really.
And sometimes we'd take the top off and play frisbee with it. =-)

> Cliff Lawson (who went on to design computers for Amstrad).

*That* says something.  Fortunately, I'm very polite and won't say
what... =-)

> PS I lent my ZX80 to Microsoft when they were setting up a museum of
> computer history and the bastards never gave it back!! (Obviously they
> must have really wanted it for disection to learn about how "real"
> computers work!)

Don't be *silly* Cliff, Microsoft wouldn't know a real computer if it
*bit* 'em!
--
Jason  =-)
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