Re: Speccy
"There goes another bit of my childhood. Iconic design - perhaps had a part in pushing me into studying industrial design - nerds+art. Have one on me, Rick."
Just being curious here, not being a designer of any kind myself, but was it really an iconic case design or was it just that it was a cheap, affordable computer that sold millions and whatever shape case it came in would eventually be seen as iconic through nostalgia? From my perspective, the ZX81 was a minimal, functional design created to use the minimum materials to enclose the innards. I really don't intend to diss the guy, but it just looked like a standard blocky plastic case that was pretty standard for electronics projects of the day. Certainly it was the same basic shape as most computer/keyboard combos of the time. Or maybe that was the genius? Minimal and just big enough, no wasted space inside.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
