Re: First ZX81 game for this year's CGC

Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@xxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Hint, mandic: CSS=> old computers. CSC=> old computers.

But we're not posting here _only_ because Sinclair computers are
old and no longer sold in stores? I mean, there must be some sort
of interest - call it hobby, affection or disorder - that brings
people both to comp.sys.sinclair and comp.sys.cbm. Ditto for a
group about 12-stringed guitars, dinghies or guinea pig breeding,
to take some non-related topics that I suppose the total amount
of people being interested in could be of a similar magnitude as
those who still remember (and care about) Sinclair computers.

yes, but comparing the number of posts in a retro newsgroup to one covering
modern hardware is just silly.
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