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I recently restored a ZX Printer, bit of a pain but mostly because the belts disintegrate on touch. You can buy new ones though [1] and you see them on eBay too sometimes.

Worth the resto for the wonderful noise they make!

[1] https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/zx-printer-replace...

I'm 40, I vaguely remember my parents had one at some stage, and I'm reasonably sure it had the 16k RAM pack, but the first I really remember is the ZX Spectrum with the 48K ram, and rubber keys. First thing I ever programmed, though mostly I wanted to play Chucky Egg, Manic Miner, Granny's Garden etc.

I never had a 'Speccy'.

Some old friends of mine wrote a song ages ago about the effect those machines had on us all, called "Hey Hey 16k" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts96J7HhO28

My inner nine year old envies you for having the printer and paper.

I will memorise your earliest memory joke.

The 16k RAM Pack, a life lesson in itself.