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Sinclair ZX-81 Computer Kit

Jorge PJorge P Posts: 385
edited 2011-11-28 07:35 in General Discussion
Wow, was looking through surplustraders.net and saw this Computer Kit and thought a few of you here on the forum might be interested in this, only one in stock.

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  • wjsteelewjsteele Posts: 697
    edited 2011-11-27 08:30
    I actually bought a few of these kits several years ago (5 or so) and they were only $99 at the time. I still have my original ZX-80 and ZX-81 that I put together as a kid and they still work to this day.

    Bill
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-11-27 11:24
    I almost hacked a Timex Sinclair for my first robot, to enter the first Trinity Firefighting robot contest in 1994. But I saw the BASIC Stamp 1 in Nuts & Volts, and the rest is history.
  • blittledblittled Posts: 681
    edited 2011-11-27 18:56
    Thanks Jorge. I would be a little cautious though. The ZX81 used membrane keyboards and their connecting ribbons get brittle with age and since they are now 30 years old the ribbons could crack very easily, I had a couple I bought through ebay and one I got when they were actually being sold and most went bad due to broken ribbons.
  • TonyDTonyD Posts: 210
    edited 2011-11-28 02:39
    wjsteele wrote: »
    I actually bought a few of these kits several years ago (5 or so) and they were only $99 at the time.
    Likewise, I picked a ZX81 kit up a few years back. I think I'll keep it as a kit to bemuse the kids with.
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2011-11-28 04:37
    It would be interesting to know when the price as a collectable passes the inflation adjusted original sale price.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-11-28 05:48
    I wouldn't worry too much about the membrane keyboard as there are NEW third-party membranes on the market, both for the ZX-81 and the ZX-Spectrum.
    (They show up now and then on 'Bay of e' )
  • YoshtiYoshti Posts: 108
    edited 2011-11-28 07:35
    After I moved to my house, several years later, I still had boxes un-openned. Since I did not even bother to open them up, I threw them away!

    Only to find out later that my ZX-80, 16k, Supercalc and my printer was in it...

    I still cry today..thinking about it.

    The membrane was bad, I took the time to take a keyboard from another console, and solder and re-wire the whole thing...
    It worked great.

    But now ..it's just a memory...still crying!

    Yosh

    PS Was not Supercalc, was MemoCalc
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