For readers of a certain age, these paper PCs are tremendously nostalgic, reminders of great computing times past.
Let the nitpicking1 commence.2
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- It feels to me that the keyboards on most of these come off as far too bulky. The Atari 520ST looks very good - the slant in the floppy disks and the function keys really works for it - while the ZX Spectrum's keyboard/system unit looks way too bulky compared to the TV set alongside it. It's hard to remember now, but back in those days we didn't have 95% of systems using a generic plug-in keyboard so the keyboard was a huge part of the machine's image and look and feel. ↩
- For their next trick, let's see 'em give us a Sinclair ZX81, plus add-on RAM pack - 16 whole Kilobytes of RAM! - plus a carton of milk, acting as external cooling. Oh Uncle Clive, between the ZX80, the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum it's amazing to think what a folk hero you were to a whole generation of youngsters who were never going to be able to afford a BBC Model B, let alone an Apple II or a TRS80. Do not get me started on the Sinclair QL: so near to being really impressive in theory, such a disappointment in practice. ↩