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title: "The Sinclair ZX81 Programming For Real Applications"
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published_at: "2020-04-05T16:21:00+00:00"
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author: "David Anderson"
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excerpt: "Practical programs to do real jobs in a variety of environments. Included is a bulk storage program, word processing, financial applications, banking uses, plus educational programs. Author pushes the ZX81 and casts aside the idea that it is too small for any real computing work."
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authors: "Randle Hurley"
publisher: "dilithium Press"
pages: "166"
date: "1982"
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links:
  - link_text: "Listing in Sync v3 n5"
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archiveurl: "https://archive.org/details/the-sinclair-zx-81-programming-for-real-applications"
isbn: "0880560908"
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# The Sinclair ZX81 Programming For Real Applications

Practical programs to do real jobs in a variety of environments. Included is a bulk storage program, word processing, financial applications, banking uses, plus educational programs. Author pushes the ZX81 and casts aside the idea that it is too small for any real computing work.