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I was at school in Cambridge when all his stuff was coming out - thus actually saw a C5 in the flesh (well, plastic). The first computer I ever owned was a ZX81.
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 19:45 - Sep 16 by Guthrum
I was at school in Cambridge when all his stuff was coming out - thus actually saw a C5 in the flesh (well, plastic). The first computer I ever owned was a ZX81.
We had a Spectrum. The school I was at was cutting edge and had a room fitted out with Commodore 64s.
To imagine how different the world is thanks to the development of home computing technology.
Superb. I now have to waste hours trawling through that list of games trying to find a game i used to play for hours on end. It was set underwater and you explored a complex labyrinth of caves. I can picture it but can’t for the life of me remember the name
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 20:32 - Sep 16 by Illinoisblue
Superb. I now have to waste hours trawling through that list of games trying to find a game i used to play for hours on end. It was set underwater and you explored a complex labyrinth of caves. I can picture it but can’t for the life of me remember the name
Could it be Scuba Dive:
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Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 20:40 - Sep 16 with 1654 views
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 20:32 - Sep 16 by Illinoisblue
Superb. I now have to waste hours trawling through that list of games trying to find a game i used to play for hours on end. It was set underwater and you explored a complex labyrinth of caves. I can picture it but can’t for the life of me remember the name
All computer games should begin with listening to data play through a tape recorder while it loads.
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 20:40 - Sep 16 by Illinoisblue
That’s a good guess but it’s not right. The character in the game I’m thinking of had a sort of cone-shaped head.
Eeermm, that's narrowed things down a bit, can't imagine many underwater games featuring a cone-headed main character. Still doesn't ring any bells with me, unless it was Dizzy with the egg-shaped player and it had underwater sections?
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 19:45 - Sep 16 by Guthrum
I was at school in Cambridge when all his stuff was coming out - thus actually saw a C5 in the flesh (well, plastic). The first computer I ever owned was a ZX81.
There was a C5 parked* up on Ipswich waterfront a few years back prior to a home fixture. Quite a crowd gathered for a gander. First time i'd seen one in the plastic.
*Parked in the loosest sense of the word.
We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub.
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Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 23:15 - Sep 16 with 1431 views
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 20:55 - Sep 16 by BudapestByBlimp
Eeermm, that's narrowed things down a bit, can't imagine many underwater games featuring a cone-headed main character. Still doesn't ring any bells with me, unless it was Dizzy with the egg-shaped player and it had underwater sections?
I ***king loved my Spectrum. Spent hours playing those Dizzy games, the puzzles were so hard with the different objects you had to find/collect/use. Find the tweezers to take the thorn out of the Lion's paw, and he'll give you this to use with this to move this that will open this. Then you had to be so precise with the jumping.
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 19:45 - Sep 16 by Guthrum
I was at school in Cambridge when all his stuff was coming out - thus actually saw a C5 in the flesh (well, plastic). The first computer I ever owned was a ZX81.
10 Type "JoBloggs is a knob" 20 Goto 10
Every juvenie boy's first progran back in the day. Alternative names and or insults were available.
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 19:45 - Sep 16 by Guthrum
I was at school in Cambridge when all his stuff was coming out - thus actually saw a C5 in the flesh (well, plastic). The first computer I ever owned was a ZX81.
I saw somebody driving a C5 in rush-hour traffic only 18 months ago.
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 23:15 - Sep 16 by Melford
I ***king loved my Spectrum. Spent hours playing those Dizzy games, the puzzles were so hard with the different objects you had to find/collect/use. Find the tweezers to take the thorn out of the Lion's paw, and he'll give you this to use with this to move this that will open this. Then you had to be so precise with the jumping.
There was a C5 parked* up on Ipswich waterfront a few years back prior to a home fixture. Quite a crowd gathered for a gander. First time i'd seen one in the plastic.
*Parked in the loosest sense of the word.
though it increasingly clashes with the final game of the season thesedays,especially with the shift to 12pm kick offs, the annual (well covid permitting) Ipswich to Felixstowe historic vehicle run usually has a collection of them, I think theres one in the Ipswich transport museum on display. But there were 5 or 6 I think at the last one, and they all made it to Felixstowe.
lucky enough to have actually driven/ridden one back in the day, would have been so good as a kind of electric go kart racer.
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Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 01:44 - Sep 17 with 1324 views
Would love to see the Beeb re run their docu drama the micro men. Fantastic TV with a brilliant cast, Alexander Armstrong portrayed Clive Sinclair perfectly right down to those notorious office outbursts.
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Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 08:11 - Sep 17 with 1169 views
Thanks for that, I am now fully reminded about the steam train simulation for the ZX81 in which I failed every time to get from London to Brighton, usually perishing in a fatally hot cloud of steam inside a tunnel:
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 23:31 - Sep 16 by bluelagos
10 Type "JoBloggs is a knob" 20 Goto 10
Every juvenie boy's first progran back in the day. Alternative names and or insults were available.
I had a mate who made a very simple game on the spectrum where you had to enter co-ordinates to drop a bomb on a target, which would reveal a "Well Done" message or something like that. We were playing it one lunchtime in the school's "computer room" (which was an area at the back of a junk room resplendent with 2 spectrums), quickly became bored, so started to take turns in changing the message. I distinctly remember "xxx is a knob"! I think one of us changed it to "F*** OFF YOU C***", when suddenly the deputy head appeared, seemingly genuinely interested in what we were doing and delighted about our creativity (although I later realised that she was probably just grateful that we hadn't been caught smoking in one of the usual places). Anyhoo, she proceeded to wait and watch until the end of lunch bell, whilst of course we had to continue to take turns in missing the target. I can still remember sweating and butterflies in the stomach every time my mate took his turn - and I know he felt the same on my go. I still wonder whether she knew what we were up to - most probably did.
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Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 09:28 - Sep 17 with 1098 views
Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair on 23:15 - Sep 16 by Melford
I ***king loved my Spectrum. Spent hours playing those Dizzy games, the puzzles were so hard with the different objects you had to find/collect/use. Find the tweezers to take the thorn out of the Lion's paw, and he'll give you this to use with this to move this that will open this. Then you had to be so precise with the jumping.
In the spirit of reconciliation and happiness at the end of the Banter Era (RIP) and as a result of promotion I have cleared out my ignore list. Look forwards to reading your posts!
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