Comparison of BASIC Keywords Between ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64 Overview The following is a list of keywords, operators and delimiters used on the Commodore 64 computer and the ZX Spectrum.The Commodore 64 was released in 1982, the same year as ...
... on its hardware. A rapidly expanding software industry produced games, programming tools, educational programs and <strong>business</strong> applications, while magazines, books and user groups helped develop a large and active Spectrum community. The combination of inexpensive hardware and a growing software market established the ZX Spectrum as ...
... addressed criticisms that had increasingly been directed at the original Spectrum. For programmers and users of <strong>business</strong> and educational software, the new keyboard was a substantial improvement. For games players, the advantages were less obvious because the original Spectrum could already run the same games, particularly when a ...
... important link between the Sinclair and Amstrad generations of the Spectrum. When Amstrad acquired Sinclair's computer <strong>business</strong> in 1986, the 128K hardware formed the basis for the next generation of Spectrum computers, beginning with the ZX Spectrum +2. Technical Specification Processor Zilog Z80A at approximately 3.55 MHz RAM 128K, ...
The Amstrad Spectrum Computers When Amstrad acquired Sinclair Research's computer <strong>business</strong> in 1986, the future of the ZX Spectrum was far from certain. The Spectrum had already established itself as one of Britain's most successful home computers, but the market was changing rapidly and Sinclair's original machines were beginning to show ...