Shatner week: The Wonder Computer

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• 1. At 07:18am on 18 Jul 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  I know it is sad, but, up in our loft is a Commodore VIC-20, several BBC Model 'A's and even a BBC Model 'B' with the 'special' teletext add on!
  
  As an aside, the VIC-20 had more computing power than the 'kit' that went into the RAF Nimrod at that time!
  

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• 2. At 09:06am on 18 Jul 2008, Aperitif wrote:

  I vaguely remember a ZX81 hanging about my parents' sitting room. And falling asleep on my mother's knee during a Star Trek film at the cinema. If I'd known computers -- and, indeed, William Shatner - were so wondrous I might've stayed awake!
  
  I also remember my mother being cross with my cousin for calling me "Hooker" -- but that's because at the time my initials were T.J....
  
  That bloke has a lot to answer for...

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• 3. At 09:16am on 18 Jul 2008, Anne P. wrote:

  I've just tried to post about a certain early computer now in a box in our attic only to be failed by the 'profanity filter' - I certainly used to curse when the additional memory unit fell off the back, but ......?

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• 4. At 09:49am on 18 Jul 2008, Gladys_Friday wrote:

  I'm on the train.

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• 5. At 09:50am on 18 Jul 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Gladys
  
  gravy?

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• 6. At 10:57am on 18 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  My first try at a computer was one that used punch cards. I still have a couple of them.

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• 7. At 11:23am on 18 Jul 2008, annasee wrote:

  D McN - surely that was a knitting machine?

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• 8. At 11:47am on 18 Jul 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  DM....LOL
  
  we used 8 hole paper tape!
  
  God Bless the GEC / Marconi / Elliot 920C and all that tried to serve her and keep her alive!

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• 9. At 11:55am on 18 Jul 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  'ere you go for a larf!
  
  'puting as it was when computerscould be really kicked and abused and still come back for more.....
  
  .....bearing in mind that the UK Air Defence depended on this at the time.

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• 10. At 12:46pm on 18 Jul 2008, mittfh wrote:

  Of course, if you're after really ancient kit, then how about this or even this? Admittedly this one was never built, but since it was designed about 100 years before all the rest...

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• 11. At 2:02pm on 18 Jul 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

  I still have a Sinclair ZX81 machine somewhere. It was luxury to get the expansion memory unit. And such memories of waiting ages to load a program from the tape recorder only to find it hadn't loaded correctly. At least it taught us patience!

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• 12. At 4:22pm on 18 Jul 2008, mittfh wrote:

  Then back to modern times and modern computing kit, I've discovered (via a Wikipedia crawl) an "easter egg" hidden within BBCi. Look at Wiki's article on "Test Card W"...

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• 13. At 5:05pm on 18 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  annasee 7, Sorry, it was one of those street organs.....and you were the monkey.

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