I was able to talk my dad into getting the U.S. equivalent, the Timex-Sinclair 1000, which had double the RAM - 2K! It was only possible because it was only about $100, compared to every other computer at the time which was way out of our lower-middle class reach.
I spent a lot of time doing stupid animations using the character set and it set me on my path of software for life.
I spent a lot of time doing stupid animations using the character set and it set me on my path of software for life.