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ZX Spectrum’s chief designers reunited 30 years on

23rd April 201226th April 2020

The ZX Spectrum is 30 years old. The successor to Sir Clive Sinclair’s ZX81 – at the time the world’s best selling consumer computer –

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Sinclair ZX81: Small black box of computing desire

11th March 201110th March 2019

The Sinclair ZX81 was small, black with only 1K of memory, but 30 years ago it helped to spark a generation of programming wizards. Packing

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Petition to get Micro Men released to BluRay and DVD

25th February 2011

The BBC documentary “Micro Men” was an enjoyable comedy drama describing the rivalry between both Sinclair and Acorn in the early 80’s. There are no plans for this to be released on Blu-Ray or DVD.

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Micro Men repeated on 24/02/11 at 21:00 on BBC Four

24th February 2011

Micro Men will be repeated on the 24/02/11 at 21:00 on BBC Four. All computer hardware and most props were supplied by The Centre for

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Sinclair ZX80 playing Space Invaders at VCF 2010

21st June 2010

Here is a video of a real Sinclair ZX80 computer playing Space Invaders at the Vintage Computer Festival 2010 at Bletchley Park. You can see that the screen does not flicker when a key is pressed.

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Vintage Computer Festival 2010 is this weekend!

17th June 2010

This weekend (19th and 20th June) sees the Vintage Computer Festival visiting the UK for the very first time.

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Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ PBS Executive IV

3rd June 201012th August 2020

Computing history have a new and interesting addition to their collection – the Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ PBS Executive IV. ZX Spectrum+ planning started in June

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New additions – Sinclair ZX81 & Tandy WP-2

14th March 20105th July 2017

Picked up two new machines yesterday. They are… Sinclair ZX81 Tandy WP-2 The following quotes are taken from oldcomputers.com The tandy is still sought after

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Simple 8 bit interface for the ZX Spectrum

1st November 2009

Ive finally built a proper solid 8bit interface for the Sinclair Spectrum. This adapter allows me to use a IDE hard disk or Compact Flash

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ZX Spectrum – new photos.

12th October 2009

Ive uploaded 2 new photos of my ZX Spectrum with its Interface 1 and 2 microdrives. This machine was recently featured in a TV program

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