On 26/10/2015 06:27 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:12:33 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> 1. Why would anybody want this?
>
> Nostalga.

OK, I get nostalga. I am currently sitting next to an Amiga 1200. But at 
this price?! Jesus, you could surely buy a *real* Spectrum for less money!

(Now I'm curious to know what the original retail price was...)

> Or as a teaching tool - earlier computer systems were far less complex
> than modern ones, so starting a student off with a simpler system can
> make learning much easier, depending on the goals of the instruction.

Isn't that what the Raspberry Pi was supposed to do?

Don't get me wrong, I think it's *way* easier to learn system-level 
programming on obsolete hardware. (It's how *I* did it!) But I doubt 
many kids these days would get out of bed to see some blocky 8-bit graphics.

Which is why they invented the Pi, with it's full-HD video and audio 
capabilities and 3D rendering support... Which thus makes it impossible 
to do system-level programming, kinda negating the point.

And besides, for £0 you can probably just *download* a Spectrum emulator 
onto your PC or indeed phone or tablet... You don't actually need a 
physical box. (I don't know, but I'd be surprised if this thing actually 
contains a Z80. I bet it's really just a smartphone SoC running an 
emulator!)

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