---
title: "ZX81 – The New Standard"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/zx81-the-new-standard.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:12:42+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T00:44:25+00:00"
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excerpt: "For only $149, you now get 8K BASIC, continuous display, the choice of channel 2 or 3 and a newly styled case."
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publication: "Syntax"
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  title: "Syntax"
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authors: "Kirtland H. Olson"
volume: "2"
issue: "11"
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pages: "13"
pubdate: "November 1981"
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---

For only $149, you now get 8K BASIC, continuous display, the choice of channel 2 or 3 and a newly styled case.