Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Light Pens Light pens were pointing devices that allowed users to interact directly with a computer display. On the ZX Spectrum, they provided an alternative to keyboard input for ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Graphics & Touch Pads Graphics tablets and touch pads provided alternative ways to enter graphical information into the ZX Spectrum. These peripherals included pressure- or touch- ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects UPDATED Digital Joystick Interfaces Most joystick interfaces which connect to the Spectrum do so via the expansion port, are digital, and generally conform to the Atari D-type sockets ...
```php ZX Spectrum+ 128K | Mister Spectrum Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum+ 128K Introduction The ZX Spectrum+ 128K was the most substantial development of the Spectrum carried out by Sinclair Research. ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects LEGACY CONTENT This page is retained for reference but is no longer actively maintained. Some information may be out of date. ZX Spectrum Input Devices & Controllers Light Pens Featur ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects On This Day - 1st November « Previous Day Next Day » 1982 Krakit Released Artic Computing released Krakit, an unusual puzzle adventure for the ZX Spectrum and ZX81 in which players ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum 16K and 48K Introduction The ZX Spectrum was launched by Sinclair Research in April 1982, following the success of the ZX81. Designed by Richard Altwasser and developed wi ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum+ Introduction In October 1984, Sinclair Research introduced the ZX Spectrum+, an updated version of the highly successful 48K ZX Spectrum. The new machine replaced the dis ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects The Amstrad Spectrum Computers When Amstrad acquired Sinclair Research's computer business in 1986, the future of the ZX Spectrum was far from certain. The Spectrum had already establ ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Light Guns Light guns were pointing devices designed to let users interact with compatible software by aiming at targets on a television screen. Their operation depended on the di ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects About Mister Spectrum Mister Spectrum is a website dedicated to exploring, documenting and preserving the world of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and its programming, hardware and history. ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects UPDATED ROM Cartridge Interfaces The Sinclair ZX Interface 2, introduced in 1983, established the original ROM cartridge standard for the ZX Spectrum. It allowed software to be loaded ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Specialist Input Devices Specialist input devices offered ways of interacting with the ZX Spectrum beyond conventional keyboards, joysticks and light pens. Some were intended for ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects NEW Forth Cartridges Forth cartridges provided a way to run Forth programming environments on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, sometimes with additional hardware interfaces and machine-code ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects LEGACY CONTENT This page is retained for reference but is no longer actively maintained. Some information may be out of date. ZX Spectrum Interfaces for Joysticks and ROM Cartridges M ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum Peripherals and Accessories The ZX Spectrum's design was primarily driven by price, and at £125, the Spectrum was a lot cheaper than most of its contempories. To keep the ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects ZX Spectrum Sound Amplifiers and Synthesizers The beeper originally installed inside the ZX Spectrum is actually just a buzzer which explains why the sound which comes from it is of l ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects Expansion Systems (i) Backplane expansion Features Original Price Velleman Interface System Motherboard (K2616) provides space for up to 4 interfaces cards.Interface Cards for Motherb ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects LEGACY CONTENT This page is retained for reference but is no longer actively maintained. Some information may be out of date. Expansion Systems (ii) This page is for ZX Spectrum devic ...
Home Hardware Peripherals Software Publications Projects Expansion Systems This section documents expansion systems for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, including backplanes, motherboards, interface cards, daughterboards, adaptors and packaged sys ...