You could buy it as a kit or finished through mail order. This came with BASIC built in and a 4k RAM pack!
Based around a Z80 processor Clive Sinclair effectively created the UK computer market with his ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.
Original Rubber Keyboard model. First released with 16k memory. Initially priced at around £100.
Popular 48K version. More memory added but not much else. Many peoples first
computer the Spectrum brought affordable computing to the masses. Thousands
of games were released as with only 48k to play with games could be written by one person.
Spectrum Plus added a new keyboard.
128K with built-in tape deck, new (grey) case and keyboard. First Amstrad-produced model.
128K with built-in disk drive, new ROM including a DOS and some internal changes on the bus. Back to a black case.
There are some great arcade games on the spectrum despite its limited graphical ability.
The death star trench run from Star Strike shows just how good they could be.
Ultimate Play the game produced some of the best games ever to fit into 48k.
Gunfright
is an all time classic.
In an attempt to teach you the dates of famous battles
Back to Skool
and
Skooldaze are probably one of the most original games ever.
Football Manager
was a huge success in its day and produced one of the first games programming Celebrities out of Kevin Toms.
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