ZX+Spectrum

a Z80A based [|home computer] released in the [|UK] in 1982 by [|Sinclair Research Ltd.] as successor of the Sinclair ZX81. The original Spectrum ran at 3,5 MHz with 16 KiB of ROM containing system-routines and Sinclair BASIC, and either 16 or 48 KiB of RAM, a [|rubber keyboard], and a simple color graphic display of 256×192 pixel or 32 columns × 24 rows of 8x8 [|characters] through an [|RF modulator] and [|television]. An enhanced but largely incompatible version of the Spectrum was marketed in the [|USA] by [|Timex] as the [|Timex Sinclair 2068], released in in November 1983. The //ZX Spectrum +3//, released in 1987, had a built-in 3-inch [|floppy disk drive], capable of running the [|CP/M] operating system. || toc =ZX Vega= The Sinclair Spectrum **ZX Vega**, first shipped in August 2015, is a modern redesign of the ZX Spectrum in the form of a [|game console], endorsed by [|Sir Clive Sinclair], former ZX Spectrum games developer Chris Smith, David Levy, and [|Paul Andrews].
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=Chess Programs=

Boom
The introduction of the ZX Spectrum led to a boom in companies producing software and hardware for the machine, [|World of Spectrum] lists 46 chess titles, notably the programs SuperChess 3 by Chris Whittington, Cyrus by Richard Lang and Chessmaster 2000 by David Kittinger.

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=See also=
 * Amstrad CPC
 * Commodore 64
 * Sinclair ZX81

=External Links=

Spectrum
> [|Documentation] > [|ZX Spectrum Chess Programs]
 * [|ZX Spectrum from Wikipedia]
 * [|List of ZX Spectrum clones from Wikipedia]
 * [|World of Spectrum]

Vega
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 * [|The Vega]
 * [|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega | Indiegogo]
 * [|ZX Spectrum Kickstarter project stalls over unpaid developer bills | Technology] by [|Alex Hern], [|The Guardian], February 13, 2014
 * [|ZX Spectrum gets new lease of life as Vega games console | Technology] by [|Samuel Gibbs], [|The Guardian], December 02, 2014
 * Sinclair Spectrum ZX Vega advert, YouTube Video

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