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From: Bruce Horrocks
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 00:00
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Rebecca and Rowland wrote: [snip] > (I chose a ZX81 very carefully: it's a simple computer with very few > `bits' and a very low chip count. The more I think of it, the more it > strikes me that aside from the video modulator, you could argue that the > Manchester Mark 1 was more complex, if slower; mind you, it had a > simpler instruction set and simpler processor. The Manchester Mark 1 > certainly had more memory, a better printer, better keyboard, faster > backing store, and so on. And a better manual than the average modern > computer; no better than the ZX81's, though. Yes, I have both). Also the Manchester Mark I needs an earthquake of at least 4.2 on the Richter Scale to induce "RAM pack wobble". Regards, -- Bruce Horrocks Hampshire England bh@granby.demon.co.uk
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