Tao of Mac

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was one of the first widely sold home computers (way back in the 80s – I actually started out with a ZX81).

The Sinclair ZX81 was the first computer I ever owned: Sinclair ZX81 Sinclair ZX81 (large) With 1KB RAM and a wobbly 16KB external expansion, it was around three times as dumb as your modern digital watch.

That grand, spacious (and long ignored) branch of computing that I never really found a reason to graduate in (big mistake I only realized 30 years later) and that, these days, deals not just with thinking machines (so-called “hard” AI), but mostly with e…