Tuesday 26 July 2011

1981

ZX81

- fully QWERTY.

Thank you Dixons,

Christmas Eve.


Flicky screen,

- weirdly - green;

all the magic

of new BASIC.


Dad and I are Batman, Albert,

logical as billiard balls:

ping-pong, pacman, space invaders;

dig-in digits, digital.

1 comment:

  1. Ah YES..The magic of a Sinclair or Spectrum or even an Amstrad...Those were the days...If...Then...Gosub 150...Tron..Troff...We were all programmed to expect better.And thats what we got.j.

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