[OT] BASIC Factoid (was Re: [Tutor] Functions !)

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> > From:	Bruce Sass [SMTP:bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca]
> > 2K on the ZX81, unless you bought one of the RAM expanders 
> (16, 32 and 64k sizes).  
>  
> It was *definitely* only 1K on mine. I ended up getting a 16K 
> Ram pack, but if I typed too hard, it would wobble, 
> and the ZX81 would crash.

I believe the export version(Timex) did have 2K RAM but the 
original only had 1K. The RAM packs became available about  
6 months- 1 year later (Jan 1982?) in 4K and 16K versions. 
I've never heard of 32K or 64K versions but it wouldn't 
surprise me.

By 1984 I had moved to an AMSTRAD PCW8256 running CP/M Plus 
- ah the joys of MASM, DR Pascal and Logo, real computing at 
last! ;-)

Alan G