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My first computer too. Stuck a match in with the RAM pack, along with a bit of Blu-tack to keep it all together. Stunning memories of typing programs in KNOWING they'd be zapped once I pulled the power. Funny thing was we had no TV until we got the ZX81. I spent two weeks with the user manual and no TV: for a long time after that I was irritated by people who didn't RTFM in advance. It still worked last time I tried it. RAM pack'n'all. Very much a treasured possession.

My first computer too. I remember I managed to create a Frogger like game in ascii art, before turning off the computer and deleting the game for ever.

mine was zx82! Loved it!! mine used to overheat for some reason, the heatsink on the top right side ...loved those games too.

Was there actually a ZX82? It's my understanding the ZX82 was the code name for the ZX Spectrum but it was never released under the moniker of the ZX82. There was certainly a ZX80 as well as the ZX81.