The Spectrum’s bigger brother, the Spectrum 128k, often had to make do with simple 48k ports (albeit with a single load and additional music). Every now and then though a developer would great a game ...

Sir Clive Sinclair shows off the latest Spectrum computer, resplendently sporting a built-in tape loader and an obscene amount (128k!) of memory. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 13 February 1986.

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 ...

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