Ahouxm.157 net.micro utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!houxi!houxm!mel Sun Mar 7 08:30:28 1982 Re: ZX81 Plea Our ZX-81 kit did not work either. We sent it in with the $20 repair charge, and they sent an assembled new unit. I don't think Sinclair takes the time to sort out the reason for failures; they just ship you a replacement unit "no questions asked." We just received a 16K module (after waiting over a month) that doesn't work and have returned that to another outfit that now handles Sinclair repairs for them. The Sinclair ZX-81 is quite good, when it works. I had hoped that the experience of building the kit would be a good experience for my 11 yr old son. Unfortunately, since the unit didn't work, and our experience with the memory module, this hasn't been a very satisfying experience. I think that the VIC unit that you can get for about $260 is a much better buy. For the extra $40 or so you get a far superior keyboard, TV color, and sound effects; and much more expansion capability. Another rip off - - we subscribed to the ZX-80 magazine SYNC in Oct. and have received 0 issues despite calls and a letter. Mel Haas, houxm!mel ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.