RCE wrote:
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My very first computer was a Sinclair, you hooked it to the T.V. It
only had internal memory, no drive, so if you wrote a simple basic
program with it, you had to re-enter it if you turned it off.


Little black miniature keyboard with plugs on the back? Yep. Had one of
those too.
In fact, it's dawning on me that my whole life has been a series of gadgets
with wires. No wonder Mrs.E likes horses.

RCE

Exactly! The wire you hooked to the TV had a slide switch on it, to
switch between channels 2 and 3, in case you received one, you'd slide
the switch to the other!