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.

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Plaion, a leading video game publisher, and Retro Games Ltd., a specialist in reimagined classic computers, have joined forces to launch The Spectrum. This innovative device faithfully recreates the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s hard to overstate the importance of Sir Clive Sinclair’s role in the world of computing. His inventing the ZX Spectrum home computer in 1980 radically changed the masses’ perception of, and ...

If you weren’t a kid in the 1980s, retro TV shows might have you believe we spent all our time slaying demogorgons or waxing the classic cars of old Okinawan men. But we also played computer games, ...

Technology pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81, his family have confirmed. The entrepreneur was most widely known for popularising the use of a home computer and was also the inventor ...