In the U.K., the iconic 8-bit home computer of the 1980s was the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Few keyboards have surely been pounded as hard as the Spectrum’s rubberised complement of grey rectangles.

Retrocomputer enthusiasts will quite often be found pondering the great what ifs of their hobby. What if Commodore had had a half-way decent marketing division is a popular one, but the notoriously ...

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A mock-up of how the physical prototype Bluetooth ZX Spectrum will look Credit: Photo: Elite The Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 and ...

Who remembers the winter of 1985? In the UK, it was one of the coldest for many years, although east-west tension was beginning to thaw as US president Ronald Reagan met with Mikhail Gorbachev in ...

Looking back from a world of smartphones and Xboxes, it’s astonishing that such a commercially successful product could have happened with this unglamorous and flawed piece of equipment. Yes, I’m a ...

Retro video game fans can rejoice - the humble Spectrum computer is returning next year. The Sinclair Spectrum Vega is a new lost-cost games computer based on the hugely successful Spectrum products ...

The Joy of Specs - in memory of our long lost rubber-keyed friend... This article was first published in January 2002 as part of our 'Technologies That Time Forgot' series of articles. We are running ...