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Re:How the ZX Spectrum became a 1980s icon by sourcepluck on Saturday November 23, 2024 @09:32AM (#42221075)
> used a ViC20 in a department store to learn coding

How long did you spend in that department store? How did you charm the personnel into letting you keep at it?

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Re:How the ZX Spectrum became a 1980s icon by KingOfCoders on Sunday November 24, 2024 @12:17AM (#42226065)
The personnel didn't bother with us, they didn't know why the computers where there. Sometimes we even made a joke, coding a 5 minute delay, then some loud sound, turning sound up, blocking RUNSTOP/RESTORE and then waited behind some clothes until the computers started very loud sounds and the personnel didn't know how to turn them off.
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