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Re:MX-80 – Ahead of its time: A small, lightweight computer ... by Theodores on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:21AM (#18640944)
Classic combination - BBC Micro and MX-80.

Seems you were hacking yours differently to what I was doing. I acquired some army headed letter (UK), or rather 'stole'. With it I forged a letter with my MX-80 to trick a friend's parent to pop into the army recruitment centre.

This friend's parent had skived off National Service many aeons ago and I pranked him into going back to account for himself. The letter 'had to be legit' because it wasn't hand typed. So easily fooled. The things you do as a small child that you would never do as an adult.

Re:MX-80 – Ahead of its time: A small, lightweight computer ... by biggusdickus on Sunday December 09, 2018 @12:36PM (#18642069)
You'd go to bloody prison for 20 years now for things we did in 80ies/early 90ies