Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects The Amstrad Spectrum Computers When Amstrad acquired Sinclair Research's computer business in 1986, the future of the ZX Spectrum was far from certain. The Spectrum had already establ ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum+ Introduction In October 1984, Sinclair Research introduced the ZX Spectrum+, an updated version of the highly successful 48K ZX Spectrum. The new machine replaced the dis ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum 16K and 48K Introduction The ZX Spectrum was launched by Sinclair Research in April 1982, following the success of the ZX81. Designed by Richard Altwasser and developed wi ...
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```php ZX Spectrum+ 128K | Mister Spectrum Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum+ 128K Introduction The ZX Spectrum+ 128K was the most substantial development of the Spectrum carried out by Sinclair Research. ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects UPDATED Digital Joystick Interfaces Most joystick interfaces which connect to the Spectrum do so via the expansion port, are digital, and generally conform to the Atari D-type sockets ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Expansion Systems This section documents expansion systems for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, including backplanes, motherboards, interface cards, daughterboards, adaptors and packaged ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Forth Cartridges Forth cartridges provided a way to run Forth programming environments on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, sometimes with additional hardware interfaces and machine-code ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects On This Day - 8th November « Previous Day Next Day » There is no specific entry for 8th November . Here is the historical information we have recorded for November . 1981 Sinclair Z ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Light Pens Light pens were pointing devices that allowed users to interact directly with a computer display. On the ZX Spectrum, they provided an alternative to keyboard input for ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Light Guns Light guns were pointing devices designed to let users interact with compatible software by aiming at targets on a television screen. Their operation depended on the di ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects Comparision of Keywords on the Sinclair QL and ZX Spectrum Overview The following is a list of keywords, operators and delimiters used on the QL and ZX Spectrum. The Sinclair QL uses ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Specialist Input Devices Specialist input devices offered ways of interacting with the ZX Spectrum beyond conventional keyboards, joysticks and light pens. Some were intended for ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Graphics & Touch Pads Graphics tablets and touch pads provided alternative ways to enter graphical information into the ZX Spectrum. These peripherals included pressure- or touch- ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects The extra keywords, commands and statements of the 128K models Overview What follows is a table of keywords for the 128K models of the ZX Spectrum+. The original ZX Spectrum+ 128K imp ...
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Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW MIDI Keyboards MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard protocol that allows electronic musical instruments, computers and other compatible equipment to communica ...
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