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SiriusHardware · 30th Jan 2023, 6:18 pm

I've seen both segments from the programme now (Thanks to 'Skip for flagging it up and Buzby for making them easy to find).

Yes, I thought it was a reasonably sympathetic presentation although Sally Nugent's memory of it 'taking about an hour to play a game on the Spectrum' did make me roll my eyes a bit. It's always the Sinclairs which come in for exaggerated criticism - although the on site presenter did describe the ZX80 as 'the first affordable home computer' which was a fair comment.

I was amused to see an Xbox 360 in the museum because that is the newest games console I have, still used very regularly.

The museum looks good, I will definitely try to visit.

30th Jan 2023, 6:18 pm	#34
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,586	Re: North west Computer Museum I've seen both segments from the programme now (Thanks to 'Skip for flagging it up and Buzby for making them easy to find). Yes, I thought it was a reasonably sympathetic presentation although Sally Nugent's memory of it 'taking about an hour to play a game on the Spectrum' did make me roll my eyes a bit. It's always the Sinclairs which come in for exaggerated criticism - although the on site presenter did describe the ZX80 as 'the first affordable home computer' which was a fair comment. I was amused to see an Xbox 360 in the museum because that is the newest games console I have, still used very regularly. The museum looks good, I will definitely try to visit.