Re: Apple II plus clone?

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In article <k76v07$c9k$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Alex Freed
<alex_news@alexfreed.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In England you mainly had the rubbish from Sinclair (which also made it to
> >>> America under the Timex name I think) - ZX80, ZX81, and Spectrum.
> 
> My understanding is that while ZX80 was clearly a more of a toy rather 
> than a computer the claim to fame was the price. I think it was the 
> first under $100 computer. Or was it under 100 pounds?  From the 
> technical point of view the design was quite innovative using the 
> absolute minimum of hardware to do the job.

Probably the size too - it wasn't much bigger than a couple of today's
mobile phones placed next to each other.

BUT it looked like rubbish, felt like rubbish, worked like rubbish ... and
was rubbish. As the old saying goes: "You get what you pay for". :-)