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- title: ZX SPECTRUM
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_3-4_2_hr.jpg
- title: LEFT SIDE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_3-4_hr.jpg
- title: FRONT
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_front_hr.jpg
- title: LEFT SIDE
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_left-side_hr.jpg
- title: RIGHT SIDE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_right-side_hr.jpg
- title: UPSIDE DOWN
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_under_hr.jpg
- title: KEYBOARD DETAIL
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_keyboard-detail_hr.jpg
- title: DETAIL
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_keyboard-detail_2_hr.jpg
- title: KEYBOARD PERSPECTIVE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_keyboard-detail_3_hr.jpg
- title: KEYBOARD
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_keyboard_hr.jpg
- title: REAR
subtitle: ''
text: This is the back of the Spectrum, with an expansion bus, tape-recorder sockets, power in and video output.
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_zx-spectrum_rear_hr.jpg
- title: INSIDE
subtitle: ''
text: This is a look inside an old French version (SECAM). The small board badly mounted on the motherboard is a special video card used to comply with the French video system.
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_spectrum_opened_1.jpg
- title: MOTHERBOARD EXPLAINED
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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**(13)** Video RAM memory chips.\
**(14)** Chipset in charge of text and graphic display.\
**(15)** Clocks (two quartz) for the microprocessor (3.5 Mhz.) and circuits' synchronization.
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_spectrum_motherboard_1.jpg
- title: MOTHERBOARD ISSUES 1 & 2
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The Speccy was revised 3 times during its production run in this form. If you take the top cover off, you will see the words 'issue X' printed along the bottom edge.
Thanks to Peter James for the issue 2 picture
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_spectrum_issues1-2_1.jpg
- title: MOTHERBOARD ISSUES 3 & 4
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Peter James for the pictures
image: null
image: /media/museum/photos/sinclair_spectrum_issues3-4_1.jpg
adverts:
- title: FRENCH ADVERT.
subtitle: ''
text: '''''The Sinclair spirit is in him'''''
image: null
image: /media/museum/pubs/sinclair_spectrum_pub_esprit-sinclair.jpg
- title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #2'
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/pubs/sinclair_zx-sepctrum_advrte_sinclair-simpose.jpg
- title: SPECTRUM+ FRENCH AD.
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/pubs/sinclair_spectrumplus_pub1.jpg
- title: ITALIAN AD.
subtitle: ''
text: Courtesy of **http://angelmemories.cjb.net/**
image: null
image: /media/museum/pubs/sinclair_spectrum_pubitalie_1.jpg
- title: 'ITALIAN AD #2'
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Special offer including italian books
Courtesy of **http://angelmemories.cjb.net/**
image: null
image: /media/museum/pubs/sinclair_spectrum_pubitalie_2.jpg
- title: 'ITALIAN AD #3'
subtitle: ''
text: Courtesy of **http://angelmemories.cjb.net/**
image: null
image: /media/museum/pubs/sinclair_spectrump_aditaly_1.jpg
- title: 'ITALIAN AD #4'
subtitle: ''
text: Courtesy of **http://angelmemories.cjb.net/**
image: null
image: /media/museum/pubs/sinclair_spectrum_pubitalie_3.jpg
- title: 'ITALIAN AD #5'
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Upgrade kit to transform a Spectrum into a Spectrum +
Courtesy of **http://angelmemories.cjb.net/**
image: null
image: /media/museum/pubs/sinclair_spectrum_pubitalie_4.jpg
- title: GREEK ADVERT (MARCH 1985)
subtitle: ''
text: ''
@@ -196,33 +197,33 @@ params:
- title: PERIPHERALS SKETCH
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_zx-spectrum_peripheral_sketch.jpg
- title: ROTRONICS WAFADRIVE
subtitle: ''
text: 'The Wafadrive principle is the same as that of Sinclair MicroDrive. An endless tape runs in a cassette and allows faster access to information than a standard cassette. The Wafadrive cartridges seem to be more reliable than those of Sinclair and offer 3 different storage capacities: 16, 64 or 128 Kb. On the other hand they are definitely slower (up to 10 times for a 128 Kb. cartridge). This is most probably why the Wafadrive didn''t meet a large success in spite of a very powerful word processor provided in the tools cartridge.'
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_wafadrive_1.jpg
- title: ORDIVIDUEL
subtitle: ''
text: 395fr (France, september 84)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_jstck4.jpg
- title: STONECHIP
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Stonechip programmable joystick interface.
395fr (France, january 85)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_jstck1.jpg
- title: VTR
subtitle: ''
text: |-
VTR programmable joystick interface
260fr (France, january 85)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_jstck2.jpg
- title: VISMO
subtitle: ''
text: 250fr (France, january 85)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_jstck3.jpg
- title: SPECTRAVIDEO QUICKSHOT JOYSTICK
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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I think that just about everybody in the UK must remember this joystick! It was cheap and didn't last long but was the joystick most of us used until we could afford the Adonis of the joysticks, the Kempston Competition Pro, but until then this one had to do. The usual point of failure was that the metal contacts in the base would eventually snap off, having been bended backwards and forwards so much that the metal would fatigue and crack. Price: About £10 1983 onwards
Thanks to Peter James for the picture
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_spectravideojoy_1.jpg
- title: EMPEROR
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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I bought the Saga Emperor Spectrum replacement keyboard on it's looks and advertising ('Sheer elegance..'), which turned out to be a mistake, as it was not much better than the Speccy's original keyboard. The Saga was not a full-stroke keyboard as such, it used little rubber caps as its suspension for the keys instead of springs and this let you down quite a bit. Also the whole thing was a bit flimsy. It did offer extra keys to aid entering code, but was overall a disappointment, I should have saved my money and bought the plainer looking but much better DK'Tronics keyboard!
Thanks to Peter James for the picture
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_emperorkeyb_1.jpg
- title: STONECHIP KEYBOARD
subtitle: ''
text: |-
A real (?) keyboard for the Spectrum ?\
br> 895fr (France, january 85)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_kbd1.jpg
- title: VTR MODULATOR
subtitle: ''
text: |-
VTR Black & White Modulator
195fr (France, january 85)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_mod_nb.jpg
- title: BLACK AND WHITE MODULATOR
subtitle: ''
text: 190fr (France, june 84)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_mod_nb2.jpg
- title: VISMO PARALLEL INTERFACE
subtitle: ''
text: 1095fr (France, january 85)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_paralel.jpg
- title: VTR PARALLEL CENTRONICS INTERFACE
subtitle: ''
text: 790fr (France, january 85)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_paralel2.jpg
- title: MODEM PRISM VTX-5000
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_vtx5000_1.jpg
- title: CUSTOM CASES
subtitle: ''
text: Available for Sinclair Spectrum and ZX81
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_customcase.jpg
- title: DISCOVERY SYSTEM
subtitle: ''
text: 'The Discovery system uses the new Sony 3.5'''' diskette to save in full safety the programs and data of the Spectrum or Spectrum+. The diskette has a capacity of 180 KB and a second drive can be installed. The commands of the operating system are similar to those of Sinclair Microdrives. The case includes a power supply and various Spectrum expansion connectors. In short, a lot of hardware qualities, but an incomprehensible defect: the data transfer speed is slower than Microdrives, whereas a disk drive is able to be ten times faster than a tape reader. Discovery did not meet success, certainly for this reason, but also because of its high price, not compatible with the Spectrum''s young users'' purse.'
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_fddiscovery_1.jpg
- title: INSIDE DISCOVERY
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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**(9)** 6821 Circuit, in charge of disc drive control.\
**(10)** Each disc drive uses an internal RAM area to avoid using Spectrum RAM.\
**(11)** Atari standard joystick connector.
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_fddiscovery_ins.jpg
- title: INSIDE WAFADRIVE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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**(6)** 8 Kb. EPROM holding operating system and Basic drives commands.\
**(7)** The Wafadrive is connected to the Spectrum expansion port. It also uses the computer's power supply.\
**(8)** Power Leds.
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_wafadrive_2.jpg
- title: WAFADRIVE CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_wafadrive_3.jpg
- title: CHEETAH JOYSTICK INTERFACE
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Peter James for the picture
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_cheetahjoyinterf_1.jpg
- title: KEMPSTON JOYSTICK INTERFACE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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I'm not sure if this was the first joystick interface for the Spectrum but it defined a standard that was never displaced. Most games carried the words 'Kempston joystick compatible' Says it all really! They later revised the interface to offer 2 joystick connectors
Thanks to Peter James for the picture
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_kempstonjoyinterf_1.jpg
- title: DK'TRONICS SPEECH SYNTHESIZER
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_zx-spectrum_dktronics-speech_synth_1.jpg
- title: MAGECO MONITOR
subtitle: ''
text: It cost 75fr in january 85 (France).
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_dessas.jpg
- title: VTR VOCAL SYNTHESIZER
subtitle: ''
text: 470fr (France, january 85)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_vocal.jpg
- title: CURRAH SPEECH
subtitle: Vocal synthesizer
text: Just type on the keys and the Spectrum "speaks" with two tones, high and low. There is also a sofware support.
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_vocal2.jpg
- title: CHEETAH SPECDRUM
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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Price: About £30 around 85-86
Thanks to Peter James for the picture
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_specdrum_1.jpg
- title: ALPHACOM 32
subtitle: ''
text: 'Alphacom 32 is the well-known and the cheaper printer for the Spectrum, offering exactly the same features as the ZX Printer : full Spectrum characters set, 32 char. / line and silver plated thermal paper. Alphacom 32 uses its own power supply. june 84 price : 181 -E- (France).'
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_alphacom.jpg
- title: FLOYD 40
subtitle: ''
text: 'Floyd 40, from the manufacturer Shiva Marketing, doesn''t seem to be very reliable with its very thin plastic case and its wooden paper axis ! However Floyd features are better than Alphacom ones: use of white thermal paper more readable and less expensive, only one cable to connect it to the Spectrum (power and data) and better printing quality. Moreover, Floyd 40 has larger characters set and printing options : double height and width, text printing in the four directions and more advanced and accurate graphic abilities (5 x 7 dots head). On the other hand, the printing is rather slow and the print width doesn''t exceed 8 cm.'
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_floyd40_1.jpg
- title: ZX-81 THERMAL PRINTER
subtitle: ''
text: |-
This is a small thermal printer (of very poor quality !). It can print all the graphical characters of the Spectrum and can print 9 lines of text per inch. It was possible to make a hard copy of the screen thanks to the "Copy" command.
This tiny thermal printer can also be used with the ZX-Spectrum.
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_zx81_printer.jpg
- title: ZX THERMAL PRINTER
subtitle: Box
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_zx81_zx-printer_box_1.jpg
- title: ZX INTERFACE 1
subtitle: ''
text: |-
This interface offers an RS232 connector, a Microdrive connector and a network socket to connect up to 64 Spectrums !
This marvel cost 895fr in june 84 (France).
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_intrfc1.jpg
- title: MICRODRIVES
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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Micro-tape price: 79fr
940fr (June 84)
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_microdrive.jpg
- title: INSIDE A MICRODRIVE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
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**(4)** Cartridge housing.\
**(5)** Power led.\
**(6)** Extension connector allowing up to 8 microdrives to be serial connected.
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_insidemdv_1.jpg
- title: INSIDE A MICRODRIVE CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: The support used in the cartridge is a videotape of 2 mm in width, and 8 meters in length. The video support was chosen for its biggest mechanical resistance. In running mode, the full tape length is covered in about 7 seconds and the information is transferred at 6 Kb. per second (1.5 Kb./sec. for a standard cassette). The recording is made simultaneously on two parallel tracks with a density of 200 bytes per centimeter. The information is organized in sectors of 512 bytes. Any program can be stored or loaded in 15 sec. Maximum. Each cartridge can store up to 100 Kb, but only 85 - 90 are available for the user.
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_insidecartmdv_1.jpg
- title: ZX INTERFACE 2
subtitle: ''
text: |-
This interface offers 2 joystick plugs and 1 cartridge slot.
It cost 351fr in june 84 (France).
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_intrfc2.jpg
- title: CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Sinclair Cartridge for use with the ZX Interface 2. Very few cartridges were produced (less than 10).
It cost 185fr in june 84 (France).
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum_cartridge.jpg
- title: NUMERIC KEYPAD
subtitle: ''
text: |-
This numenic keypad can be used with the Spectrum +2 and Spectrum 128.
Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com**
image: null
image: /media/museum/hardware/sinclair_spectrum128_keypad_2.jpg
screenshots:
- title: ALIEN 8
subtitle: ''
text: Excellent isometric game
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/alien8.gif
- title: ANT ATTACK
subtitle: ''
text: Avoid the giant ants and save the girl in this 3D maze
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/antattack.gif
- title: ARC OF YESOD
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/arcofyesod.gif
- title: ATIC ATAC
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/aticatac.gif
- title: BACK TO SKOOL
subtitle: Skooldaze ?
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/backtoskool.gif
- title: BOMBJACK
subtitle: ''
text: Classic game !
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/bombjack.gif
- title: BRUCE LEE
subtitle: ''
text: One of the best game ever
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/brucelee.gif
- title: CHASE HQ
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/chasehq.gif
- title: CHUCKIE EGG
subtitle: ''
text: Who never played this ??
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/chuckie-egg.gif
- title: COMMANDO
subtitle: ''
text: Excellent conversion
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/commando.gif
- title: DAILEY'S THOMPSON DECATHLON
subtitle: ''
text: The best olympic game on the Speccy
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/dailey-thompson-decathlon.gif
- title: DAN DARE III
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/dandare3.gif
- title: DOUBLE DRAGON
subtitle: ''
text: A bit messy...
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/doubledragon.gif
- title: DUN DARACH
subtitle: ''
text: The guys are walking so smoothly
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/dundarch.gif
- title: ELITE
subtitle: ''
text: The mythic space game ! The father of all other space-games such as Wing-Commander.
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/elite.gif
- title: FANTASY WORLD DIZZY
subtitle: ''
text: One of the many games based on the egg-man Dizzy.
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/fantasy-world-dizzy.gif
- title: GAUNTLET
subtitle: ''
text: Conversion of the classic arcade game
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/gauntlet.gif
- title: GUNFRIGHT
subtitle: ''
text: 3D isometric western game. A must-have !
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/gunfright.gif
- title: IKARI WARRIORS
subtitle: ''
text: As good as Commando !
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/ikari-warriors.gif
- title: IK+
subtitle: International Karate +
text: 3 players fight
image: null
image: /media/museum/software/ikplus.gif
emulators:
- title: EightyOne
url: http://www.chuntey.com/eightyone/
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docs:
- title: ZX SPECTRUM BASIC PROGRAMMING
url: http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/sinclair/zxspectrum/start.htm
cover: null
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/sinclair_zx-specrtum_basic-programming.jpg
text: |-
[**ZX SPECTRUM BASIC PROGRAMMING**](http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/sinclair/zxspectrum/start.htm)written by Steven Vickers
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ params:
 source : [1000Bit](http://www.1000bit.net/)
- title: ZX SPECTRUM INTRODUCTORY MANUAL
url: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrumIntroduction/
cover: null
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/sinclair_zx_spectrum_introductory-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**ZX SPECTRUM INTRODUCTORY MANUAL**](http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrumIntroduction/)written by Steven Vickers and Robin Bradbeer
@@ -704,7 +705,7 @@ params:
 source : [www.worldofspectrum.org](http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/resources/documents.htm)
- title: ZX SPECTRUM SERVICE MANUAL
url: http://members.lycos.co.uk/eightbitula/48kinfo.html
cover: null
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/sinclair_zx-specrtum_service-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**ZX SPECTRUM SERVICE MANUAL**](http://members.lycos.co.uk/eightbitula/48kinfo.html)written by Sinclair Research Limited