#Sinclair zx spectrum symbos manual

ItвЂ™s been a long time since those first days pecking at a rubbery keyboard in the early вЂ™80s, but I never forgot the humble system that started me off on my journey and ultimately led me into an awesome career. Of course, I eventually upgraded to a Commodore Amiga and then migrated to the PC world while at University, where the world of Unix systems opened up. To say I was obsessed would be an understatement: My Mum would diligently make computer-themed birthday cakes pretty much every year after that, as I pored over manuals, magazines and learned as much as I could about this fascinating new world. Like many systems of the day which вЂњbootedвЂќ straight into a BASIC prompt, the documentation included a full introduction to programming the Speccy in BASIC as well as some tantalising (but over-my-head at the time) memory maps and details of coding in Z80 assembly language. Whilst the games ( Manic Miner and Starstrike II were the two I remember trying out first) were cutting-edge for a 1980s computer system and I spent many hours playing them, I was always more interested in the manual.

#Sinclair zx spectrum symbos manual

One of my earliest memories I remember is sitting with my Dad, reading the manual to work out the magic commands to load the games from cassette tape. When I was around 8-9 years old, I received a Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer for my birthday. Part 4 - Wrap-up, other sites and final thoughts.Part 3 - The backend server daemon, pipelines and unit tests.Part 2 - The server environment and building the first prototype.Part 1 - Introduction, hardware, development environment, Windows/Linux buildchain and tools.Table Of Contents - Full table of contents in Part 1.