{"id":15,"date":"2007-12-22T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/"},"modified":"2011-08-23T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T16:19:08","slug":"sinclair-zx-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair ZX spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sinclair ZX spectrum made a big impact in the UK in 1982 after a follow up to the\u00a0successful\u00a0ZX81. but the82 or Spectrum boasted colour.<\/p>\n<p>The ZX Spectrum was launched in April of 1982 in two forms: a 16K and a 48K model at \u00a3125 and \u00a3175 respectively. There were plenty of grumbles from the computer press about the keyboard, the processing speed and the single-key-press programming system, but it didn\u2019t matter a jot. Sinclair were releasing a much-anticipated computer into a market too young have any real expectations. It simply didn\u2019t matter that it wasn\u2019t the polished all-rounder that the experts had been hoping for. It was cheap, colourful and it came from a man who had been marketed as the friendly, trustworthy face of new technology. It couldn\u2019t fail.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_1880\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1880\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1880\" title=\"sinclair_zx_spectrum\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum.jpg\" alt=\"Sinclair ZX spectrum\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1982 Sinclair ZX spectrum<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A few years later another release was made as an update to the Spectrum known as\u00a0ZX Spectrum\u00a0128<\/p>\n<h2>Sinclair\u00a0ZX Spectrum\u00a0128<\/h2>\n<p>Sinclair developed the\u00a0ZX Spectrum\u00a0128 (code-named Derby) in conjunction with their Spanish distributor Investr\u00f3nica. Investr\u00f3nica had helped adapt theZX Spectrum+ to the Spanish market after the Spanish government introduced a special tax on all computers with 64 KB RAM or less which did not support the Spanish alphabet (including \u00f1) and show messages in Spanish.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sinclair ZX spectrum\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Sinclair ZX spectrum made a big impact in the UK in 1982 after a follow up to the\u00a0successful\u00a0ZX81. but the82 or Spectrum boasted colour. The ZX Spectrum was launched in April of 1982 in two forms: a 16K and a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arcade","tag-52"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sinclair ZX spectrum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sinclair ZX spectrum from the days of 1982 - Big on Arcade Games and other classic retro programmes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Skooldays\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Skooldays\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7737d0880c9ea762e2b2c2475c12a0ca\"},\"headline\":\"Sinclair ZX spectrum\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-12-22T23:06:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-23T16:19:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/\"},\"wordCount\":222,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1980\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Arcade\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/\",\"name\":\"Sinclair ZX spectrum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-12-22T23:06:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-23T16:19:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7737d0880c9ea762e2b2c2475c12a0ca\"},\"description\":\"Sinclair ZX spectrum from the days of 1982 - Big on Arcade Games and other classic retro programmes\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sinclair_zx_spectrum.jpg\",\"width\":\"500\",\"height\":\"397\",\"caption\":\"1982 Sinclair ZX spectrum\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sinclair-zx-spectrum\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sinclair ZX spectrum\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Skooldays\",\"description\":\"Nostalgic &amp; 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