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    From Brian Gaff (Bed )@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 25 10:13:04 2019
    The original Newbrain, if I may bring back this old thread. A tiny green display and a naff video out.

    Brian

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    "Shaun Bebbington" <shaun@square-circle.co.uk> wrote in message news:b0f18875-b7bc-401d-8a69-ae3b355498e7@googlegroups.com...
    Okay so we have a thread about the 'worst' computer, but which computer is the 'Wurst'? I think with its rubber keys potentially feeling raw-sausage-alike then the Speccy must be in this category. Anyone agree / disagree?

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  • From hp@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 22 16:37:56 2019
    On 10/25/2019 5:13 AM, Brian Gaff (Bed ) wrote:

    The original Newbrain, if I may bring back this old thread. A tiny green display and a naff video out.

    Brian

    finally getting round to reading here.

    I Nommynate the Motorola D2 Kit. the 'operator' had to
    build the two boards it used and unless a lot more $$ was spent
    install them on cardboard pages in a loose leaf binder.
    THEN get a 5V power supply somewhere, THEN learn Hexadecimal
    because the initial programing and output was displayed via 4 7
    segment displays.
    Came with 128 bytes RAM, and there was room to add another 128 bytes
    for a total of 256 bytes.
    ANY programming achieved was via a 20 key hexadecimal keypad.
    IF one wanted to have a video display and add more RAM or a regular
    keyboard then it was time to Build a S100 box and start interfacing
    S100 cards.

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