Hah, that makes two of us! Except iI didn't have the luxury of a Z80, I started on an 8080 that didn't even run CP/M... Ahhh the Compulcolor II, what a fine machine you were. At least you made me learn how a computer works.
I still remember how good it felt when my brother started loading up the games that I wrote rather than the few 'commercial' games that we had for the system.
PS: VZ300??? I thought I knew everything about the Australian 8-bit computer scene, but I managed to miss that one.
The VZ300 was made by Dick Smith, a successor to the VZ200. It had a huge hacker user community, their were program listings and hardware mods in APC magazine. After the VZ line, Dick smith bought out there CAT computer line, which were much more powerful, and more expensive.
Great little machine for $100. Funny thing, the VZ200 had a chiklet keyboard, which are becomming popular again. One of the big selling points of the VZ300 was that it had a proper keyboard.
I still remember how good it felt when my brother started loading up the games that I wrote rather than the few 'commercial' games that we had for the system.
PS: VZ300??? I thought I knew everything about the Australian 8-bit computer scene, but I managed to miss that one.