RIP Z80 micros

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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7877	Posted: 07:09am 10 Oct 2024       Excellent! Unfortunately there was no mention of the first UK home computer that had a proper keyboard and could be hooked up to a TV as the display as standard, the Nascom-1. This appeared at a time when the very cheapest home computers of any use whatsoever (i.e. not switches and LEDs) came from the US and cost a hell of a lot by the time they hit UK soil. The Nascom-1 came as a kit and cost £197 IIRC. That was still a lot of money in 1976/77 but at least it was less than a year's earnings. It's almost unheard of now as it wasn't designed for either games or business computing - and you had to be able to build it yourself (at first anyway, it was available ready-assembled later). Relative to the size of the UK market at the time there were a lot sold and many UK computer engineers started their careers with one of these. A video from the "wrong" side of the pond. And a nice techy one Here Edited 2024-10-10 17:12 by Mixtel90