By 'ek. ZX81 were a luxury to us. We 'ad t' make do wi'a ZX80 wi' extra 'eatsink bolted t'it three terminal regulator that we warmed us 'ands on in winter. An when it were on't blink we 'ada fall back on't MK14.
I 'ad a single 7400 quad-input NAND gate. I'd take it aht and look at it. Named it Black Beauty and all.
Dint do much, but were still t'envy o t'village. Computer clubs'd come from Scarborough and Bridlington, even Durham, to look a' it.
But you tell your young people now what it were like then and they don't believe you.