This day in 1980 (43 years ago) the Sinclair ZX80 was released to an eager market. Historically important, being the first computer with a qwerty keyboard for less than £100 available in the UK a truly remarkable milestone, along with the ZX81 released a year later these two machines launched a revolution in accessibility for personal computing, particularly here in the UK. I was one of the young people that saved up their pocket money to grab one as soon as I could, it changed the course of my life.
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