ZX: All The Colours (Colors?) of the Rainbow

It is probably this machine (ZX Spectrum+, see photo) that started me on the rocky road to working in IT. Many an hour was spent loading programs from tape, the reassuring electronic screech still rings in my ears (I should get that checked), the multicoloured loading pattern is etched in my memory and the electronic attempt at the sound of a motor as I played F1 simulators.

I spent many an hour coding in BASIC, typing in reams of code from books to be disappointed by the resulting game. We all have to start somewhere but .NET kids nowadays don't know the half of it!

Many computers followed, BBC Micro, Acorn, Atari, 286, 386, 486, Cyrix 586 and then they get a bit boring and modern for my liking.

Great news for iPhone users though, for the princely sum of £0.59 you can get a ZX Nostalgia app and play some classic games so check it out.

That is my inner super geek purged for a while.