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[challenge entry] Gone but not forgotten

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(I helped save b3ta! mooglemania Please disregard this sig., Fri 24 Jan 2003, 13:43, archived)
# Speccies
are not extinct (yet).
They were always that slow!
(I should know - I've still got a 128K+2)
(Spill, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 13:48, archived)
# as good as sadly....
all mine are dead and gone at least......though many..many emulation roms filling up my HD
(I helped save b3ta! mooglemania Please disregard this sig., Fri 24 Jan 2003, 13:50, archived)
# I've got maybe
12 rubber key ones at present, and I'm in the middle of fixing one of 'em right now :)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 13:57, archived)
# you
lucky lucky...
(I helped save b3ta! mooglemania Please disregard this sig., Fri 24 Jan 2003, 14:00, archived)
# clicky on the
website linky in me profile for much 8-bit goodness....shameless self-promotion
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 14:03, archived)
# I have written
zxhttpd web server for my 128+2. Don't have a tcp/ip connection to it yet... but when I do... :o)
(I helped save b3ta! stup0t, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 14:17, archived)
# well, its kind of alive.
There are a few demoscene groups still making Speccy demos, and the Amstrad Em@iler plus comes with speccy games.

The speccy had a certain low-tech charm, I suppose, and some nice games.

I won't say anything about its relative inferiority compared to other machines of the era, though :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 13:49, archived)
# the speccy rocked
and i'd have words with anyone who says otherwise.

/outsidenow
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 13:51, archived)
# won't say anything about its inferiority?
because you can't you mean? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! mooglemania Please disregard this sig., Fri 24 Jan 2003, 13:51, archived)
# it was a pile of shite
compared to the C64.
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 14:02, archived)
# aaahh
how old rivalries restart themselves so many years on
(I helped save b3ta! mooglemania Please disregard this sig., Fri 24 Jan 2003, 14:08, archived)
# blah blah blah
....and indeed, blah.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 14:11, archived)
# *sniff*
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 13:52, archived)
# ZX 48k
mmm.
sadly the tv-out broke and I tried to re-solder it myself a /long/ time ago. It may work again one day.
(jamena, Fri 24 Jan 2003, 16:54, archived)