The ZX Spectrum is perhaps most fondly remembered as a home computer and a games machine. [Tito] has grabbed the faithful black plastic box and turned it into a frequency counter as an innovative ...

The ZX Spectrum Next Issue 2 is a fully redesigned version of the original computer from the 1980s A new remake of the 1980s British computer the ZX Spectrum has soared past its crowdfunding target in ...

Home computers in early 80s Britain were pretty rare, and quite expensive. The relatively cheap ZX Spectrum changed that, bringing a splash of color to a monochrome landscape, a bunch of easy-load ...

Looking back from a world of smartphones and Xboxes, it’s astonishing that such a commercially successful product could have happened with this unglamorous and flawed piece of equipment. Yes, I’m a ...

The ZX Spectrum was a popular computer of the 8-bit era. Now, it’s possible to emulate this machine on a microcontroller so cheap that it’s literally been given away on the front cover of magazines.

Retro Computers is backed by Sinclair Research, the company founded by ZX Spectrum inventor Sir Clive Sinclair. Like the original Vega, the handheld Vega+ has been unveiled as an Indiegogo project, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The ZX Spectrum is one ...

The new ZX Spectrum Vega features an SD card slot and joypad controls Production is set to start on a remodelled version of the ZX Spectrum, which will come pre-installed with 1,000 classic game ...

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.