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First computer experience

by [Graeme](/content/author/kdr4ym9lyy/ "Posts by Graeme"/index.html) | Jan 21, 2019

A flashing cursor in a glass cabinet, an electronics kit on the kitchen table, and a paper-round-funded ZX81. The story of how a kid in 1970s South Africa fell hopelessly in love with computers — and the childhood dream still waiting on the workbench.