@karttu@oldbytes.space @particlesbbs@mastodon.social @48kRAM@retrorewind.social It was also popular in Swedish schools (which is quite natural since Luxor was a Swedish company). The first ABC-80 I programmed was located in a high school, but I was only in third grade. It was in the room next to the chess club that I was a member of at the time. It was a long time ago, but I still remember being mesmerized and curious about computers from the moment I first saw this ABC-80.

@particlesbbs@mastodon.social @VikingChieftain@mstdn.social @48kRAM@retrorewind.social Technically MZ-711 has neither, unless they were aftermarket upgrades. From factory, MZ-731 has both and 721 just the tape drive.

@particlesbbs@mastodon.social @48kRAM@retrorewind.social Yes, the MZ-711 was part of the MZ-7xx family. I really enjoyed programming on the MZ-7xx. But the Commodore C64/128 was my favourite computer from that era. I still have my 128D, and programming in assembly language on those machines was awesome. I wish I had brought my MZ-731 with me when I moved to Canada, but I gave it to a fellow computer enthusiast to reduce the weight of the pallet I was shipping. What’s done is done.