Re: Are you alone tonight?--

[steen@x1.us.ohio-state.edu (Steen Hansen)]

In article <76cb79$9di@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:


Actually, there was a significant difference between the ZX-80 and ZX-81,
the 81 model was faster and had the ability to turn off the screen, so the 
processor would not spend most of it's time simply generating the picture
(yes, the CPU actually painted the picture on the screen!)

Steen


>No.  But if you have a Sinclair ZX-81...THAT would make you a geek.  8-)
>
>(For the non-geeks:  The Timex-Sinclair 1000 *IS* a Sinclair ZX-81, but
>the ZX-81 was around longer.  And if you're REALLY a geek, you have the
>Sinclair ZX-80, which is identical to the ZX-81, except that it came in
>kit form!)





>
>(No, I never had a ZX-80 or 81.  But I was reading Creative Computing when
>those machines became available.)


-- 
Steen Hansen (Hviid), Systems & LAN Admin, The Ohio State University