We had one of the first Lynx computers. My brother and father sneaked off to the NEC (without telling me) and attended one of the first ''Computer Shows'' in the UK open to the public. They spent the day (supposedly) bench testing various offerings before settling on a Camputers Lynx. Our parents had decided that a home computer would be a good investment and I was hoping that they would decided to get a ''Spectrum''! Both my brother and Dad argued that the demand for one would be huge and even then supply issues abounded,so the purchase of a Lynx was decided. They returned home that evening full of themselves, and much to my annoyance at where they had been without me, announced what they had decided over the tea table. The machine was promised for delivery in short order....... From memory I think it took Camputers at least 4 months after the specified date to get the machine to us - on its arrival my brother was delighted - I on the other hand pointed out the total lack of software support for it, and that the majority of computer publications at the time pretty much ignored it too! We only every had one game for it, based on ''Star Trek'', it was actually pretty good, but had a stupid timer mechanism which meant you could only play the game for about 20 mins before it simply restarted! TBH I couldn''t be bothered with it, primarily because my school didn''t even have a technology department or anybody on the staff who was interested in computers enough to engage with pupils. I think my Dad ended up with about half a dozen of them and various extra''s like a bloody great monitor. The whole lot eventually went to the recycling tip, along with a BBC Model B etc.

Wow, I''m speechless.
I owned a Lynx, my first computer.
In fact I loved it so much I went on to do a degree in IT and have a 30 year (and hopefully more) career in IT.
I used to live in Bradford and I wanted a TR-80 or a Spectrum but I bought a Lynx and I was delighted.
It''s like reading about your first girlfriend, except she didn''t go on to marry your best mate, she died and went to computer haven.

I was one of the founders of the Norwegian Lynx User Group.
We had a few members around the country and released a handfull of user magazines before Camputers went down.
I still have some copies of the magazines.
We also modified the ROM with some special functions which were added to the interpreter and also we put in Norwegian national letters on spare space in the character table in ROM.
I also had to build my own floppy controller from scratch as it was impossible to get a controller at the last days of the Camputers. I hardcopied a friends controllerboard by beeping track by track.
I managed to get the new board work in my first attempt and were pretty proud of myself on that time.
I got a Lynx 96 and Lynx 128 w/ CPM/M today.