In 1982, the computer I would receive a year later entered the world.
Sinclair launched the ZX Spectrum in April 1982. Commodore introduced the 64, and India launched INSAT-1A as part of a new national communication satellite system.
In 1982, Sinclair released the ZX Spectrum. It was small, colourful, inexpensive by the standards of the time, and designed to connect to the family television. Programs could be typed by hand or loaded from cassette tape.
The Commodore 64 arrived in the same year with more memory, strong graphics, and sound that made the home computer feel less like a reduced office machine and more like a new medium. India also launched INSAT-1A, an early step toward a national satellite system for communication, broadcasting, and weather services.
Computers were moving toward children while satellites were moving information across entire countries. Both changes were about access. One brought programmable machinery into the home. The other promised to connect homes across enormous distances.
I did not have the Spectrum yet. It was already on its way into my life.