The ZX Interface 1, launched in 1983, was a peripheral from Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer. Originally intended as a local area network...
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The ZX Interface 2 is a peripheral from Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer released in September 1983. It has two joystick ports and a...
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DISCiPLE (category ZX Spectrum)
Sinclair's own ZX Interface 1, the DISCiPLE was a wedge-shaped unit fitting underneath the Spectrum. It was designed as a super-interface, providing all...
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innovative but also rather limited. Connecting a ZX Microdrive to a ZX Spectrum required the ZX Interface 1 unit, costing £49.95, although this could be bought...
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Miles Gordon Technology (category ZX Spectrum)
ZX Interface 1 and ZX Microdrive, was very cheap and technologically innovative, it was also rather limited. Many companies developed interfaces to connect...
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The ZX Interface 1 add-on module, launched in 1983, includes 8 KB of ROM, an RS-232 serial port, a proprietary local area network (LAN) interface known...
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in ZX Interface 1 before going on to found Flare with ex-Sinclair colleagues John Mathieson and Ben Cheese. After working at Flare on the Flare 1 and...
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The following is a list of clones of Sinclair Research's ZX Spectrum home computer. This list includes both official clones (from Timex Corporation) and...
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Rotronics Wafadrive (category ZX Spectrum)
the ZX Spectrum home computer. Each tape is a continuous loop, unlike cassette tape. It was intended to compete with Sinclair's ZX Interface 1 and ZX Microdrive...
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including memory expansion modules, the ZX Printer, and the ZX Interface 1 and ZX Interface 2 add-ons for the ZX Spectrum. A number of QL peripherals were...
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The ZX Spectrum Next is an 8-bit home computer, initially released in 2017, which is compatible with software and hardware for the 1982 ZX Spectrum. It...
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and HAM8x1) Machine: ZX Spectrum SE, ZX Spectrum Next, ZX-Uno, Chloe 280SE, Chloe 140SE, eLeMeNt ZX, zx128u+, The Spectrum Interface: MB03+ Ultimate ULAplus...
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Sinclair BASIC (redirect from ZX BASIC)
The missing functionality was later added by additional code in the ZX Interface 1. After Nine Tiles and Sinclair went their own ways, several new versions...
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Research to produce cover art for the user manuals for the ZX81, ZX Spectrum, ZX Interface 1 and ZX Microdrive computer products. In 1984 Harris was commissioned...
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printer that used the same interface, and therefore could be driven by a ZX81 or Spectrum without additional software. Unlike the ZX Printer, it had a separate...
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Kempston Micro Electronics (redirect from Kempston Interface)
The Kempston Interface, a peripheral which allowed a joystick using the de facto Atari joystick port standard to be connected to the ZX Spectrum, was...
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Timex Computer 2048 (category ZX Spectrum clones)
video output, Kempston joystick interface, and additional video modes, while being highly compatible with the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer (although ROM...
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microcontrollers. Goran, who had previously designed and released the ZX-VGA-JOY interface, developed initial prototypes that led to a dedicated console focused...
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Zombie Zombie (category ZX Spectrum games)
equipped with only single-channel 1-bit sound from a tiny speaker. Through the use of the Sinclair ZX Interface 1, the game's two-channel melodies could...
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accessories and clones, such as the ZX-UNO, the ZX Spectrum Next and the MB03+ Ultimate interface. The eLeMeNt ZX computer is specially designed to support...
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1K ZX Chess is a 1982 chess program for the unexpanded Sinclair ZX81. 1K ZX Chess's code takes up only 672 bytes in memory, but implements chess rules...
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Currah (category ZX Spectrum)
compatible with Interface 1. The Currah μSpeech, commonly referred to as the Microspeech, plugged into the expansion port on the back of the ZX Spectrum. Additional...
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Gigabit Ethernet (redirect from 1000BASE-ZX)
as 1000BASE-X, where -X refers to either -CX, -SX, -LX, or (non-standard) -ZX. IEEE 802.3ab, ratified in 1999, defines Gigabit Ethernet transmission over...
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Bus mouse (redirect from Microsoft InPort Device Interface)
is attached to the computer using a specialized interface (originally, the Microsoft InPort interface developed for Microsoft's original mouse product)...
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Small Form-factor Pluggable (redirect from Small form-factor pluggable interface)
hot-pluggable network interface module format used for both telecommunication and data communications applications. An SFP interface on networking hardware...
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Jetpac (category ZX Spectrum games)
that the ZX Spectrum had a limited lifespan. Jetpac was one of the few Spectrum games also available in a ROM format for use with the Interface 2, allowing...
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Timex Sinclair 2068 (category ZX Spectrum clones)
with a ZX Spectrum emulator cartridge and a black TC 2068 version sold with TimeWord word processing cartridge plus the Timex RS232 Interface to use TimeWord...
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ATM (computer) (category ZX Spectrum clones)
"Ассоциация Творческой Молодёжи", meaning "Association of Creative Youth") is a ZX Spectrum clone, developed in Moscow in 1991, by two firms, MicroArt and ATM...
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Didaktik (category ZX Spectrum clones)
seen on a real ZX Interface 2), the available Sinclair joystick port was always mapped to what would be the "Sinclair Right" or "Interface 2 Right" joystick...
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