Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K

Montey · Post by **Montey** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:03 am

This one may be a bit obscure....

If you have heard of the Sinclair Spectrum series of PC's, do you know where I can get a ZX Spectrum 48K and associated peripherals (microdrive, expansion bus, etc...)?

This was the first computer I started programming on way back in 1984 and have come over all nostalgic and want it back (mine was stolen during a burglary some 15 years ago).

I have searched eBay and have found a few other models, but I want this specific one as it holds good memories for me and also has a very different look and feel when compared to the Spectrum+ and beyond series.

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:45 am

I'll ask my brother, I think we still have the one back at home sleeping at the bottom of something...with an interface1 and microdrive, plus a Z80 PIO card.
It was a great little thing indeed, my first computer as well

Edit: by the way:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0032171482

Scuderia_Alan · Post by **Scuderia_Alan** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:20 pm

This might not help and you probably know about this but have you thought of downloading and trying a Spectrum emulator at least in the interim period before you get your hands on one?

Montey · Post by **Montey** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:13 pm

Scuderia_Alan wrote:This might not help and you probably know about this but have you thought of downloading and trying a Spectrum emulator at least in the interim period before you get your hands on one?

I use the emulators all the time to play my favorite games (like JetSet Willy). But, no, I want the real physical thing.

StanDaam · Post by **StanDaam** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:52 pm

Ahhh the Speccy, complete with the dead flesh keyboard, my first puta too, great memories, loading for 3 mins off cassette only to have it stuff up at the end lol. Then those mini drives came along and saved the day, ahh the memories

Post by **Big Kev** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:18 am

StanDaam wrote:Ahhh the Speccy, complete with the dead flesh keyboard, my first puta too, great memories, loading for 3 mins off cassette only to have it stuff up at the end lol. Then those mini drives came along and saved the day, ahh the memories

3 minutes?
That was a short game. Most took nearly 20.

I've still got my speccy.

StanDaam · Post by **StanDaam** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:51 pm

Ahhh, an original, fully sic 48k of gaming goodness, much better than those mainstream Commodore 64 machines hehe

Platform wars, remember when it was a fight between Amiga and Atari? (Atari rulez!!) Then it was Atari/Amiga versus IBM (IBM didnt have colour so we won that one for awhile). Ahh feel the nostalgia, remember when iceblocks were ...
Nice one Kev