ZX-80

{Sinclair}'s cheap {Zilog Z80}-based {personal

computer} with built-in {BASIC} and one kilobyte of {RAM},

launched in 1979. The ZX-80 was originally sold in kit form

and was used by many UK hobbyists as a means of learning the

basics of computing.

Some remember the 1kb ZX-80 for the claim in its advertising

that you could control a nuclear power station with it. I was

succeeded by the {ZX-81}.

(1995-11-04)