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ZX Spectrum, the 8-bit home computer that turned Europe on to PCs, is 40

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Weird, horrible to use, but efficient (at least on the ZX80 and 81) where each keyword took up only a single byte - thereby eking every last bit of their limited memories. Very clever.

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