666joe
04-23-2007, 07:14 AM
How the Spectrum began a revolution
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum helped kickstart a revolution
In April 1982 a small British company, lead by Sir Clive Sinclair, launched the ZX Spectrum computer and sparked a revolution.
The small, black computer with iconic rubber keys ignited the home computer age in the UK and beyond, led to an explosion in computer manufacturing and developed software programming talent that is still in evidence today.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7427/zxlj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The computer was the brainchild of Sir Clive Sinclair, the British technology entrepreneur who, with the Sinclair Cambridge, developed one the first cheap and slim pocket calculators in 1972.
Check out the spec !!!
8-bit Z80 processor
16KB or 48KB of RAM memory
16KB of ROM
Eight colours displayed
256*192 resolution
Like WOW !!!! well it kept me happy when I was young...
Full story - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6572711.stm
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum helped kickstart a revolution
In April 1982 a small British company, lead by Sir Clive Sinclair, launched the ZX Spectrum computer and sparked a revolution.
The small, black computer with iconic rubber keys ignited the home computer age in the UK and beyond, led to an explosion in computer manufacturing and developed software programming talent that is still in evidence today.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7427/zxlj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The computer was the brainchild of Sir Clive Sinclair, the British technology entrepreneur who, with the Sinclair Cambridge, developed one the first cheap and slim pocket calculators in 1972.
Check out the spec !!!
8-bit Z80 processor
16KB or 48KB of RAM memory
16KB of ROM
Eight colours displayed
256*192 resolution
Like WOW !!!! well it kept me happy when I was young...
Full story - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6572711.stm