In a message dated 07-11-15, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GM Ed,   
      
   EV> Many years ago (1970's-1980's) I met a fellow who used a Sinclair   
   EV> PC, I think it was a ZX80, and He would tell me how much He loved   
   EV> using it.   
      
   I don't recall the ZX80 but maybe I hadn't yet awaked to the challenge   
   of computing.   
      
   EV> IIRC, I wasn't interested in buying one because it didn't have much   
   EV> RAM.   
      
   Well, you could do amazing things with the built-in 16kb RAM if you   
   learned to program, and there was also a plug-in additional 16kb memory   
   available.   
      
   EV> I wanted to get something like a APPLE ][ or COMMODORE 64 for my   
   EV> first computer and settled on getting the C=64.   
      
   I did use the built-in Basic interpreter to make myself a contest log   
   program for the Scandinavian V/U/SHF contests but most of my programming   
   was done in assembly language because they were much faster and required   
   less memory.   
      
    EV> .. A crash reduces Your expensive computer to a simple stone.   
      
    HG> Yes, to be used as an anchor except the Sinclair, it's too   
    HG> light, hi.   
      
   EV> The Sinclair probably wouldn't make a decent Frisbie either. .... ..   
      
   I have'nt tried that but maybe it could fly quite well if you consider   
   its lightness and form, if you turn it the right way before throwing.   
      
      
   CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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