> > Talk about shoddy journalism! The Z80A included in these kits is certainly
>> *not* a "1 MHz" processor, and the kits -- like all ZX81s -- have only 1 KB
>> RAM onboard, not 2 KB as stated in the article.
>
>Not completely. There _are_ 2 KB kits around - as you may remember,
>the ZX81 board was to be used with either two 2114 (1KB)or one
>6116(2KB).
Not to mention that Zebra has been selling these online for
quite some time now, along with Alphacom 32 printers and a good many
books and manuals for the computer. Reading the article, you'd think
it was a new development when the Zebra site shows the page was last
updated on 11/29/99. BTW, for those curious, here's the full URL for
Zebra's page;
http://users.rcn.com/zebra.interport/ts2/index.html
Jeff
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Received on Tue Nov 07 2000 - 10:35:26 GMT