Bulk Storage
Randle Hurley · 1981
Critics are quick to point out that the ZX81 is just a toy. They tell us that it will never do any serious data processing because it has two serious limitations. It cannot be expanded beyond 16K of random access memory and it cannot handle data files. Optimists reply that this is only so until mass storage systems are developed for the machine. The announcement is expected at any time! More realistic supporters of the ZX81 are concerned with reducing the effect of the limitations or finding ways round them. If mass storage systems are developed, so much the better, but in the meantime…