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Offline Maik

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16/09/21
« on: Thursday, 16 September, 2021 @ 03:40:57 »
Fourteen new coronavirus cases confirmed on Kefalonia yesterday by EODY.

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Re: 16/09/21
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, 16 September, 2021 @ 04:03:43 »
Seems the Aggalaki cave near Poulata may be made slightly more accessible as various road improvement works in the Sami area have been approved.

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Re: 16/09/21
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, 16 September, 2021 @ 20:01:04 »
Appears taxisnet.gr has been replaced by myaade.gov.gr. Looks to be in Greek only.

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Re: 16/09/21
« Reply #3 on: Thursday, 16 September, 2021 @ 21:58:50 »
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Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor behind Spectrum computer and C5, dies aged 81

Technology pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81, his family have confirmed.

The entrepreneur was most widely known for popularising the use of a home computer and was also the inventor of the pocket calculator.

His ZX Spectrum inspired future generations of video game developers, with many honing their skills on the computer, which was a competitor to the Commodore 64.

The first home computer he made was called the ZX80 and retailed for £79.95 in kit form and sold more than 50,000 units.

He followed it up with the ZX81, before releasing the ZX Spectrum 48K in 1982, which became a seminal moment in the games industry and had a series of games that would later be considered classics such as Jet Set Willy, Saboteur and Lords of Midnight.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/clive-sinclair-dead-spectrum-c5-b1921670.html

Not to mention Atic Atac, which I've got running on my Linux PC.

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Re: 16/09/21
« Reply #4 on: Friday, 17 September, 2021 @ 18:13:49 »
I worked for Clive Sinclair in the Sinclair Radionics era. He was an extremely generous person to his employees, but a hard taskmaster.
13 memorable years

RIP

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Re: 16/09/21
« Reply #5 on: Friday, 17 September, 2021 @ 18:30:24 »
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Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor behind Spectrum computer and C5, dies aged 81

Technology pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81, his family have confirmed.

The entrepreneur was most widely known for popularising the use of a home computer and was also the inventor of the pocket calculator.

His ZX Spectrum inspired future generations of video game developers, with many honing their skills on the computer, which was a competitor to the Commodore 64.

The first home computer he made was called the ZX80 and retailed for £79.95 in kit form and sold more than 50,000 units.

He followed it up with the ZX81, before releasing the ZX Spectrum 48K in 1982, which became a seminal moment in the games industry and had a series of games that would later be considered classics such as Jet Set Willy, Saboteur and Lords of Midnight.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/clive-sinclair-dead-spectrum-c5-b1921670.html

Not to mention Atic Atac, which I've got running on my Linux PC.

My very first computer was a Sinclair ZX81, when I was 18 years old.  A devilishly annoying machine to use, especially when the 16KB RAM pack disconnected during use...!!  But Sir Clive got me into computers and programming, which I am hugely grateful for.  May he rest in peace...!!!

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Re: 16/09/21
« Reply #6 on: Friday, 17 September, 2021 @ 20:02:06 »
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Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor behind Spectrum computer and C5, dies aged 81

Technology pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81, his family have confirmed.

The entrepreneur was most widely known for popularising the use of a home computer and was also the inventor of the pocket
calculator.

His ZX Spectrum inspired future generations of video game developers, with many honing their skills on the computer, which was a competitor to the Commodore 64.

The first home computer he made was called the ZX80 and retailed for £79.95 in kit form and sold more than 50,000 units.

He followed it up with the ZX81, before releasing the ZX Spectrum 48K in 1982, which became a seminal moment in the games industry and had a series of games that would later be considered classics such as Jet Set Willy, Saboteur and Lords of Midnight.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/clive-sinclair-dead-spectrum-c5-b1921670.html

Not to mention Atic Atac, which I've got running on my Linux PC.

My very first computer was a Sinclair ZX81, when I was 18 years old.  A devilishly annoying machine to use, especially when the 16KB RAM pack disconnected during use...!!  But Sir Clive got me into computers and programming, which I am hugely grateful for.  May he rest in peace...!!!

Like you my first computer was the ZX81. Still got it in the original box.

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Re: 16/09/21
« Reply #7 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 02:24:54 »
Yep, the ZX81 was a great little machine but faffing around with the tape player to get the volume setting just right was a real PITA. How many times did it load for five-ten minute then fail just before the end? I was so glad when the Speccie with micro 'floppy' disk was released. Hey ho, happy days!

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Re: 16/09/21
« Reply #8 on: Saturday, 18 September, 2021 @ 08:32:28 »
My first computer was an IBM 360/20 in 1969

My recollection of ZX80/81 is the hours spent copying code from the magazines of the day...the joy when it worked...the frustration when it didn't

Sinclair advertising and media coverage was amazing.
The hype ahead of the C5 particularly memorable.
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