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Any plans for the ZX81's 30th "birthday"?

AlarmAlarm
edited March 2011 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
According to Wikipedia the ZX81 will be 30 years old on the 5th of March.

I'll certainly play a few ZX81 games on that day. :)
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  • morcarmorcar
    edited February 2011
    My first ever computer and I still have fond memories. I will be up for a ZX81 marathon for the day.
  • fogfog
    edited February 2011
    to celebrate.. lets see.. I've got it...


    put a ram pack in a Jelly mould and leave over night in the fridge..

    hows that for ram pack wobble :)

    (what, so it's blatantly lifted from the office with the stapler ;) )
  • rwaprwap
    edited February 2011
    Well, the 30th Anniversary may see the launch of the ZXpander !

    Instant loading from memory cards and so much more....
    Supporting Sinclairs since 1986 !

    www.rwapsoftware.co.uk
    www.sellmyretro.com
  • YerzmyeyYerzmyey
    edited February 2011
    rwap wrote: »
    Well, the 30th Anniversary may see the launch of the ZXpander !

    Instant loading from memory cards and so much more....


    Yo RWAP, what happened to Your site???
    "This site has been suspended".

    Btw, any details of the "ZXpander"?

    Greetz.
    ZX81/ZX Spectrum/Amiga/Atari music: http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl/
  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2011
    Hopefully, "Virus" will get released on cassette.
    *hint - hint*
  • The Lone MagpieThe Lone Magpie
    edited February 2011
    Alarm wrote: »
    According to Wikipedia the ZX81 will be 30 years old on the 5th of March.

    I'll certainly play a few ZX81 games on that day. :)

    Hmmm...I'll be 34 on the same day. Maybe "The Wicker Woman" will be debugged by then...
    Visit my webcomic, "Keezees!"
  • rwaprwap
    edited February 2011
    Yerzmyey wrote: »
    Yo RWAP, what happened to Your site???
    "This site has been suspended".

    Btw, any details of the "ZXpander"?

    Greetz.

    Site back up and running now - the webhost took all my sites down without warning, as one of the email accounts had been hacked and used for spam - I have lodged a complaint as they should have at least tried to contact me, rather than just taking everything off line!

    We are working on the final details of what will be on the ZXPander - keep your eye on the ZX80/ZX81 forums - http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ZX80_ZX81/forums/ for news...
    Supporting Sinclairs since 1986 !

    www.rwapsoftware.co.uk
    www.sellmyretro.com
  • na_th_anna_th_an
    edited February 2011
    We may be releasing a game and a library to code games for the ZX81 using z88dk.

    We *may* be.
  • AlarmAlarm
    edited February 2011
    I had considering releasing my ZX81 port on the anniversary, but there is little point really, as it is a Speccy release. :smile:
  • Matt_BMatt_B
    edited February 2011
    I've got a couple of ZX81 games under development so I might be able to release one of them for the anniversary. Mind you, real life could very easily intervene and stop that so I won't promise anything just yet.
  • chaosmongerschaosmongers
    edited February 2011
    T1K and Lazyfrog are available now, as is DOMIN8TR1S.

    I could get VIRUS out by then, but unfortunately, I'm unable to test it until I can get hold of a bloody 16K RAM pack!! It'll probably be OK.....!
  • AlarmAlarm
    edited March 2011
    So, what (if anything) did you do to mark the anniversary? I played a few ZX81 games and reminisced about the good old days of rampack wobble and type-ins. :)

    Here's to the next 30 years!
  • Matt_BMatt_B
    edited March 2011
    Alarm wrote: »
    So, what (if anything) did you do to mark the anniversary? I played a few ZX81 games and reminisced about the good old days of rampack wobble and type-ins. :)

    Here's to the next 30 years!

    I tried to finish off one of my games but failed miserably. Hopefully it'll be done before the next anniversary though.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited March 2011
    rwap wrote: »
    Site back up and running now - the webhost took all my sites down without warning, as one of the email accounts had been hacked and used for spam - I have lodged a complaint as they should have at least tried to contact me, rather than just taking everything off line!

    We are working on the final details of what will be on the ZXPander - keep your eye on the ZX80/ZX81 forums - http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ZX80_ZX81/forums/ for news...

    NICE..I'll be wanting one of those....will you be taking preorders?
  • GolfareninswedenGolfareninsweden
    edited March 2011
    Couple of friends of my had a party where they celebrated the ZX-81.

    Grattis ZX81 p? 30-?rsdagen 2011-03-05 (In Swedish)


    C
    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    POKE 23607,0 or POKE 23659,0 or POKE 23609,255 or 10 POKE 23681,64 : LLIST

    http://fromhedberg.se/sidor/Retro/Fairlight/fairlight.htm
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited March 2011
    Alarm wrote: »
    So, what (if anything) did you do to mark the anniversary? I played a few ZX81 games and reminisced about the good old days of rampack wobble and type-ins. :)

    Here's to the next 30 years!


    I had a few games of 3D Monster Maze on Saturday. Amazed that the "Footsteps approaching" and "Rex has seen you" prompts still give me the *****s to this day! :smile:
  • rwaprwap
    edited March 2011
    beanz wrote: »
    NICE..I'll be wanting one of those....will you be taking preorders?

    Not taking pre-orders, but email me to be added to the waiting list - they should be available in the next 3-4 weeks !!

    The initial draft of the manual is now on my website at:
    www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/zx812.html
    Supporting Sinclairs since 1986 !

    www.rwapsoftware.co.uk
    www.sellmyretro.com
  • ccowleyccowley
    edited March 2011
    Dave_C wrote: »
    I had a few games of 3D Monster Maze on Saturday. Amazed that the "Footsteps approaching" and "Rex has seen you" prompts still give me the *****s to this day! :smile:
    That game is so damned atmospheric, isn't it?! Definite proof of the "less is more" approach to horror/suspense.

    I once toyed with the idea of doing a Specy port of 3DMM, with sound and "improved" graphics, but I honestly doubt the ZX81 version could be bettered. Even the "mists of time" bit where the maze generation takes 30 seconds to complete instead of being near instantaneous (which is entirely possible, as somebody once patched it to do...) adds to the overall atmosphere. Best ZX81 game of all time, that. :)
  • AlarmAlarm
    edited March 2011
    ccowley wrote: »
    That game is so damned atmospheric, isn't it?! Definite proof of the "less is more" approach to horror/suspense.

    I once toyed with the idea of doing a Specy port of 3DMM, with sound and "improved" graphics, but I honestly doubt the ZX81 version could be bettered. Even the "mists of time" bit where the maze generation takes 30 seconds to complete instead of being near instantaneous (which is entirely possible, as somebody once patched it to do...) adds to the overall atmosphere. Best ZX81 game of all time, that. :)
    Russell Marks emulated it on a Speccy back in 1997. The mists were speeded up, though. :smile:
  • ccowleyccowley
    edited March 2011
    Alarm wrote: »
    Russell Marks emulated it on a Speccy back in 1997. The mists were speeded up, though. :smile:
    I think it was him who patched the ZX81 version to remove the mists of time delay (IIRC, the maze generation was being done in BASIC in the original for no apparent reason). Very impressive, but the game actually loses a certain something without that delay.
  • rwaprwap
    edited March 2011
    The ZXPand (finally decided on the name of this interface) is now nearing completion - latest photos of the motherboard appear at:

    http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ZX80_ZX81/forums/zx-mmc2-the-zxpand-update-log-t329s100.html#p3577

    It is designed to fit in a Memopak case.

    The manual for the unit appears at:
    http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk/zx812.html
    Supporting Sinclairs since 1986 !

    www.rwapsoftware.co.uk
    www.sellmyretro.com
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