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Ol Janx Spirit

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14. Sweet! Sinclair ZX81 here; but then the Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 02:51 PM

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There's more computing power in my car's key fob now, but back then it seemed really cool. It had the 6502 processor that the Apple ][ had, so at least programming was very similar.

I still remember getting my first floppy drive for the Apple ][. Whoa...what a day!

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