Thanks for uploading. As i have said a few times, the best time for me re:Ilford was the 80s. Great place to shop and the excitement of Xmas and the lights switch on in the high road. I miss those days.
I remember both TIme and Tiny Computer shops - I think they were next door to each other?. I think Time had a green facia. The shops were quite small, and very expensive, even for the time - there was a magazine around at the time called "Micro Mart"and you could buy a custom built system for less than Time/Tiny charged. That said, to be replaced by a pretzel shop is an indignity nobody should suffer.
That last sentence got me laughing! You're right that Time had a green fascia (and an egg timer as its logo). I believe the shops were one and the same, but changed branding once the respective takeovers happened. I completely agree about the pricey nature of their products too. They seemed to offer clunky, bloated packages which weren't competitively priced for the specs, if you shopped around. They didn't seem nice designs either.
Thanks for uploading. As i have said a few times, the best time for me re:Ilford was the 80s. Great place to shop and the excitement of Xmas and the lights switch on in the high road.
I miss those days.
They really were great times...
@@IlfordRetro yes. Not the same world now. Things don't always change for the good.
I remember both TIme and Tiny Computer shops - I think they were next door to each other?. I think Time had a green facia. The shops were quite small, and very expensive, even for the time - there was a magazine around at the time called "Micro Mart"and you could buy a custom built system for less than Time/Tiny charged. That said, to be replaced by a pretzel shop is an indignity nobody should suffer.
That last sentence got me laughing! You're right that Time had a green fascia (and an egg timer as its logo). I believe the shops were one and the same, but changed branding once the respective takeovers happened. I completely agree about the pricey nature of their products too. They seemed to offer clunky, bloated packages which weren't competitively priced for the specs, if you shopped around. They didn't seem nice designs either.
Wasn't that computer shop either Time or Tiny. They were once rivals later merged
Yes, they certainly were. Do you remember Leonard Nimoy from Star Trek advertising Time computers?
@@IlfordRetro oh yeah I remember those adverts
What the board on top remind me the airport 🤣🤣😂
Yes, it does look like that!
@@IlfordRetro we should call it “Ilford International Airport” 🤣
@@YasinBusEnthuiast2024 😂