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		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 [1], 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 [2].
ZX Spectrum [3]

ZX Vega

The Sinclair Spectrum ZX Vega ^[4], 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 ^[5].

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 ^[6], notably the programs SuperChess 3 by Chris Whittington, Cyrus by Richard Lang and Chessmaster 2000 by David Kittinger.

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• 1. Chess Tutor
  2. Chessmaster
  3. Colossus Chess
  4. Cyrus
  5. Death Chess 5000
  6. Master Chess
  7. Megachess
  8. Psi Chess
  9. Spectrum Chess
  10. SuperChess
  11. Turbo Chess (GB)
  12. ZX Spectrum Chess

See also

• Amstrad CPC
• Commodore 64
• Sinclair ZX81

External Links

Spectrum

• ZX Spectrum from Wikipedia
• List of ZX Spectrum clones from Wikipedia
• World of Spectrum
  Documentation
  ZX Spectrum Chess Programs

Vega

• 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
  

References

1. ^ Timex Sinclair 2068 - Old Home Computers Collection, The Spacious Mind
2. ^ ZX Spectrum from Wikipedia
3. ^ Sinclair 48K ZX Spectrum computer (1982), Image by Bill Bertram, May 29, 2005, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons, ZX Spectrum from Wikipedia
4. ^ The Vega by Retro Computers Limited
5. ^ Retro Computers Limited - Who Are We?
6. ^ World of Spectrum - ZX Spectrum Chess Programs

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