CPU
Zilog Z80A, Zilog Z8400AB1, NEC D780C-1, SGS Z8400AB1, Sharp LH0080A, Mostek MK3880N-4, GoldStar Z8400A, Toshiba TMPZ84C00AP
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K
Sinclair ZX · 1982
The machine that defined British gaming. Colour, sound and 48K for £175 in 1982, and a software industry — Ultimate, Ocean, Imagine — that grew up around it in bedrooms. The rubber keys and the attribute-clash colour are as famous as anything about it. Issue numbers matter to collectors, the early boards being both rarer and more failure-prone, and the ULA is the part that dies.
As catalogued
- Maker
- Sinclair
- CPU
- Zilog Z80A-3.5
- Memory
- 48K, 16K
- Board issues
- Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 3B, Issue 4A, Issue 4B, Issue 5, Issue 6A
- Styles
- rubber keys, 16K board upgraded to 48K
- Regions
- PAL (UK/Europe), NTSC (Timex/US)
- Chassis
- wedge, rubber keys
- OS
- Sinclair BASIC (48K ROM)
Chips
ULA
Ferranti 5C102E, Ferranti 5C112E, Ferranti 6C001E-5, Ferranti 6C001E-6, Ferranti 6C001E-7, Ferranti 7K010E-5
