New ZX Spectrum Next PLUS ! & A tape that doesn't exist ?!
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- On today's menu a review & tour of the more advanced "PLUS" version of the brand new Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next inc. clock through Wi-Fi, CP/M software import, creating a tape from nothing... made possible by the patrons & our friendly sponsor PCBWay.com - easy PCBs from $5!
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0:06 - Intro & Backstory
3:55 - Unboxing & Specs
8:25 - Zero Day Update
11:04 - Demos & Music
14:52 - The PCB, RTC, Wi-Fi
17:09 - Games!
18:49 - 20 second spoiler: User Guide
19:54 - Turbo Modes
23:28 - Old 3D Games in Turbo
25:40 - CP/M & Sargon Chess
29:03 - Personalities (ZX80, ZX81, Timex, etc.)
29:25 - Wi-Fi
32:32 - RTC Real-Time Clock
34:02 - Tape Creation & Loading
39:43 - Atic Atac!
42:50 - Review Score
43:25 - Cassette Inlay & Label Creation
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❓ Are you getting a Spectrum Next? Or Spectrum Now? ;-) What do you think of the new kid on the old block? Comment below!
I'd love to get a Spectrum Next, because I always wanted a ZX Spectrum, but being in the U.S., they were few and far between
I'm hoping to pick one up on the next production run. I still have 2 original 48k spectrums and a 128k+3 :)
I’m wondering if anyone from Ultimate ever got back to you.
a quickie.. you know those coloured strips at the right hand side, do they light up? if not.. that would be a cool mod.. *wink wink*
As an American, I really didn’t know much about computers from the U.K. Until about a year ago. I just figured everyone used the same computers worldwide!!! I knew the Japanese used the MSX configuration, I just figured it was an Asian preference. The United Kingdom has an interesting history when it comes to computer design, and the people that made/designed them. Clive Sinclair, Alan Michael sugar, etc. these men are not household names in the United States, but I wish they were!!!! I could only imagine how much more advanced computer technology would be if those computers were more accessible worldwide. If you mix all ideas together sometimes amazing things /products could happen in the future.
It's beautiful! Everything about it is perfect! The design, that stunning sound and the amazing graphics. Your delight and enthusiasm is a joy to watch!
I’m one of those bedroom coders. I wrote my first assembly program, a version of Defender, on my ZX-81. I got my electrical engineering degree but the skills I taught myself programming my tiny little PC was far more important to my career and I’m a coder to this day (oh, and CEO of my own company)
This is the first time I posted a comment on your channel. I get so much enjoyment from all you do. It brings me back to my childhood. I can’t thank you, and everyone you have on your shows enough. THANKS!!!!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
Very nice!! And none of those tape loading issues I have with my real Spectrum Issue 2. :-/
Ha yeah, I was amazed that worked honestly. 🤷♂️
As i recall, Adrian had a very unfortunate experience with his Speccy that he brought home from his visit to the UK :(
Very cool! I also find it funny that retro PCs were integrated into the keyboard, and now they integrate PC's into the monitor. I think I prefer the retro method. ⌨️
Beauty!!! Must have it... Wasn't in a retro scene at that time that I'd back the project unfortunatelly so will have to order it now...
39:46 ... a tear of Nostalgia ... ZX-Spectrum has been my first computer (1983). Great video!
I like how the board uses a DS1307, ESP8266 and a Raspberry Pi to ad dfunctionality rather than re-inventing the wheel - nice design
I just got one of these a few days ago. I'm 23, and Canadian, and had never even seen a ZX Spectrum in real life before, but decided this would be a fun way to get a little bit of the experience that you would've had if you bought a computer in the 80s.
The games are fun (I knew a couple of them through the Rare collection on the XBone), and now I'm kinda tempted to try and learn basic programming now. 😬
My sisters are questioning my sanity when they see me messing with it though 😅
Wow. Very well designed. Now we just need the same thing done with the Amiga 1200
I haven't swooned so much since I saw the 128k ones in Boots in 1987. Same feeling watching this. What a day :) congrats!
I never had a spectrum and watching this i wish i had at least experienced one, but none of my pals had one either back then...anyways, great content, very enjoyable and i think i can imagine, how you're feeling right now with this new addition to your already impressive collection 🤗
the parallax demo you show at 14:24 is by a friend called Mike Dailly, well he is actually more of an acquaintance or maybe a little more, anyway he wrote Lemmings which i'm sure every one knows, anyway expects some good games from him on the next when he gets time to finish them that's all i'm saying on the matter
What's interesting is that Driller's top right corner timer maintained its accuracy (did not go faster). Probably some cpu interrupts magic going on there.
Loving the nostalgic faces you keep pulling :) Things like this are way better than the other Mini system. This almost has a Raspberry PI feel about it. That will encourage people who have never even owned a spectrum or even heard of a spectrum buy one of these. The features and openness of the hardware allows this to be expanded further.
What a wonderful thing. :)
Sat here with the video in the background whilst playing Atic Atac on an emulator. Still an enjoyable game to play (and it still finishes with the immortal "Congratulatiot" message as you complete it.
Thanks for letting me join you :-)
the usermanual for the +3 was good as i recal after i bough one when they first came out was really detailed aswell had a lovel cover
You have a very soothing voice lol. I dreamed of a speccy, but alas never offered in the US, and couldn't have afforded one anyway!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
Bloody good, I almost won't a spectrum, I'm waiting for the BBC remaster.
The big issue with the keyboard is the lack of dots on the 'f' and 'j' keys of the home row. Without them, it's easy to find your fingers drifting to the left, I find.
That's true!
Wonderful video. Thanks. It's a thing of beauty with a lot inside.
Good thing i scanned the _+3_ manual a few years ago and made it available via WoS 😊
Never a Spectrum owner but I like the new case design, also the backwards compatibility is emulation done right is seems.
Wonder how that keyboard would look back-lit with the spectrum colours from the side of the case? Nice to see the ole speccy getting a bit of love.
LOL, I like Ladyfractic digging through the drawer of old cables. She had that "WTFractic" is all of this! Just blame the puppies, it'll all be good. :D I think all of us have a similar drawer. Great video Pfractic.
Brilliant video! Especially the ZX tape loader app!!
Thanks! 😃
I bet the designers of the original Spectrum had no idea that all these decades later there would be such a big following still, and all the new tech being created in the Speccy's image😀😀 awesome
The demoscene has some some crazy things with the original zx spectrum hardware over the last few years.
While i still like the 8-bit guys review very much....
You had thrown me off into my very own memories way more and way often...
Except, i never owned any ZX alike computer at all.
Very good work .. i love your video! ;)
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️ We're all different. He's much better than me technically. I do love the nostalgia though...
@@RetroRecipes Yeah, you _both_ did a very good and satisfying job on this occasion.
Something a thing like the ZX Spectrum Next really deserves. ;)
Thanks!! But wait... I don't think 8-Bit Guy has reviewed the Spectrum Next, has he? Either way, I avoided all other reviews to not sway mine.
I miss the manual screwdrivers and sound effects :( Great content, I look forward to every episode!
Yaaaay! Thank you for more ee-oo-ee-oos!! That never gets old for me! Heeehehehe!!!
What a great machine even for non historical Sinclair user. It is well designed to emulate and to also take on newer software too. Unfortunately it is now going for silly money unless an issue 2 comes out 😕.
I RL lol'd with the _sproing_ noise that puppyfractic made :)
What I remember from those days is that from owners that had C64s and didn't have Spectrum 48Ks, there was envy and vice-versa.
At first the Spectrum had all the desirable games, but later on the C64 had some classics and of course the SID music. I'd have liked both back in the day.
Puppyfractic is quickly growing up to be a big Doggofractic!
I kind of want to play around with this hardware.
Note: Ultimate Play The Game became Rare.
I loved the fact the Ultimate Play the Game finished Knight Lore before Sabrewulf
Just had to show me this, now im on the lookout for something else... As if I don't spend enough money! I like the fact that there is a working keyboard and its pretty much a new version of the Zx Spectrum and there are new game releases for it. Unfortunately its sold out but I have signup for the news letter and hopefully they will release a second bach.🤞
Really beautiful machine. I was meant to be working from the studio today, but I have watched this twice already.. Great video, now then, how do I buy one of these bad boys?...
Thank you! Purchase links in description...
Kickstarter 2. All the hype, much less of the waiting.
The mark of a true retro guy:
has a Nintendo Switch
would rather play ZX spectrum games :D
It's also interesting, but makes sense, that the date is in the UK format as opposed to the US one. Of course a lot of other places use that format day/month/year
When I had my Speccy I was always a bit nervous loading a game as frequently it would crash towards the end. That's me being naughty though for mostly having copies. Me naughty. Having said that I think I reached some kind of inner zen watching the flashing loading screen. It was all worthwhile in the end.
Watching this video when you got to showing the expansion slot it got me thinking of my ColecoVision console I had I think it was for my 20th bday in 1983. I remember I bought the expansion companion that you plug into the ColecoVision and it allowed you to play Atari games. If I remember correctly they were ordered to stop selling those for legal reasons. But I had it already it was great. Then it got me to think have you ever done a video on the Adam I think it was called. It was a computer that Coleco came out with and it was a major flop. I remember I worked at a Gemco department store back then. They got 6 of those computer and all 6 were returned as they were defective. I think this might be a good retro video. Maybe?
Thanks for the suggestion. I actually never knew about it until recently. But never say never. I’ll add it to the admittedly long list of future ideas 👍🕹️
@@RetroRecipes I absolutely love your videos as I am going back and watching them. Can't wait to see what you have next.
hahaha I lolled at puppyfractic jump sounds so heavily that I needed to clean my screen hahahah :D An excellent video !!!
Haha Super Puppio Bros!
I used to play Atic Atac in our attic, had the games room up there, after this video, I hope to see a Vectrex Next now
You'll see something very similar soon!
@@RetroRecipes vectrext
RETRO RECIPES video idea, with your love of the Commodore 64 did you know there is a core for c64 on the spectrum next so you can play your favourite commodore 64 games on the zx spectrum next
CP/M VS Mac Chess!
I wish you had loaded Lords of Midnight, just to see it on a monitor again. Thanks for the great content!
Well you can too. All you need is to go to www.zxspectrumnext.online/cspect/ follow the links and emulate the Next ;)
(Props to Matt Davies for an excellent LoM refresh)
9:34 You showed an insert of the Raspberry Pi Zero for the two USB ports and then said that you don't know what the Digital Video Debug port that is in the position of the Raspberry Pi Zero's mini-HDMI port, is for. Um, I have a guess…
10:10 Did J.J. Abrams shoot this "beauty shot" sequence?
Right but what does it do? The Next already has an HDMI output.
And yes, JJ woz ere!
You could load games to the C=64 from a regular cassette player? I thought you needed the Commodore Datasette drive.
There are ways with an adapter. I used to do it back in the day.
Great vid , and tearing up with the unboxing , and bet you had a few wetwipes on standby
Another great video. I never had a Spectrum (C64 man, through and through)! And the Next wasn't something I'd really taken much notice of, but it looks quite fun. Can I ask.. since this video, have you used the Next much? I always wonder if you use the things you show in your video after the video has been completed.. I don't know how you have the time, lol!
I actually haven’t and I really should. Nothing enticing has come along yet but I’m certain it will.
@@RetroRecipes I quite enjoyed Montana Mike as I'm a huge fan of Rick Dangerous - which Montana Mike clear riffs on. There are a few interesting looking Spectrum Next games on itch.io.
That wifi-addon is just a regular ESP8266 / ESP-01 module, you can get those for less than a dollar from china.
Glad to see the machine finally out! Does it support Sam Coupe software? I always wanted one as it was advertised as being near Atari ST power :)
Apparently it doesn't support Sam Coupe software at this point but they were considering it at least a couple of years back. I read this on one of the official sites a few days ago.
@@andrewdunbar828 Perhaps a future update. Though the Next's added abilities make the Coupe a little redundant I suppose. For coding anyway :)
Wi-Fi on ZX. Mind blown!
Tapes loading - the sound of our childhood. Hope they bring out an Amstrad CPc too.
I sorely wish the C64 repro had had a 28mhz turbo mode :(
I'm watching this in 2024 waiting for my xberry pi to arrive. The version of Atic Atac that got released for the Next looks nothing like what is shown at the end of this video. Thankfully it looks a lot better!
The thing that convined me to get a Next clone is SymbOS. Have you tried SymbOS Mr fractic?
"I don't think anyone will disagree that the Spectrum graphics aren't quite up to the level of the Commodore 64" - yes I would. The Speccy had better colours, higher resolution usually in games so in my opinion screenshots looked nicer. Of course the C64 had hardware scrolling and sprites that allowed it to avoid colour clash, but it was blocky and muddy to my eyes.
It certainly had charm. Can you define what you mean by "better colours"?
34:03 "Warning may contain puns and bad joke"
The more I see these new computers and consoles (like the new intellivision) I keep wondering how many more projects will get kicked off and be awesome. I just saw a video of the enterprise but I'd like to see a full Adam Computer redone for today.
Love it.
I still remember the load time on The Hobbit :)
Amazing 😱
I wonder if there will be replacement keyboard membranes available? like some of the original Spectrum 48K required.
Nice video! One thing I noticed though: your screen flickers. Is that due to the Spectrum or is an artifact of filming the screen?
Yes it's the filming so nothing to worry about
Do you have an affiliate link so we can buy one?
That's kind. The 2 ways to get one are linked in the description 👍🕹️
You should make music on the spectrum like you did on the Commodore 64
Couldnt you have used the headphone socket of the phone to out via an aux cable
Did they not do the S/N on the case anywhere, or did i miss it?
I think it's on the board but not the case ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Atic Atac was the best game ever , well in 1985 it was!
it be neat if they added a lcd to it and battery.
🤘😁🤘 Cool computer but why it's so challenging to buy it?
Did you know that Sir Clive Sinclair's friend is David Levy... :(
Personally I started with a ZX81 and owe my entire professional career to this little machine. Sir Clive and his wonderfully cheap micros were the start for so many IT people of a certain age. The magic sauce was the price - at the beginning, no one got close to what Sinclair was offering. Yes, there were far better computers but most of these were out of ordinary people’s price range. The 1980s was a very different time. I remember getting my ZX Spectrum 48K (the entire family plus lots of paper round money went to pay for it) and was blown away by the keyboard, colour, sound, hi-res graphics etc. Was it perfect? No but coming from a ZX81 it was a huge leap forward. The crowning glory is that lots of other kids/people obviously agreed with me and this caused an explosion in games/software. If you wanted something then the chances are that someone has written it for the Spectrum. 🙂
True!
I almost started with a ZX81 (or ZX80, I forget), but opted for a C128 a couple years later. I, too, ended up working with computers for a living. Yeah, that was the golden age of 8-bit.
The exact path I went down too. My ZX81 was paid for by a pong machine which had to go back due to not working, the ZX81 was sold and helped pay for my 48k Spectrum.
I went out got a ZX81. I had no idea what to do with it. Realized how bad it was compared to an Atari 2600 to look at. I also realized that it was better as you could write your own programs. When you see some of the later Spectrum games. The programmers could make the 48k macine work miracles
Holy crap. That is amazing, they've done such a superb and extensive job. I've owned both a Spectrum 48K and Amstrad CPC464 with dedicated colour monitor and spent many an hour programming and playing my favourite games Uridium (the theme tune was fantastic) and Magicland Dizzy (I'm now humming the music in my head). Who else in the UK was reminded of the old 1980s BBC1 ident with the spinning globe? Another fantastic episode, thoroughly enjoyed.
The Next does run a CPC 6128 core if you're feeling a little nostalgic about both :)
35:36 : why use un USB type C to headphone adapter when your phone has a headphone jack already? (Maybe the answer is in the vid later on, but I had to pause to make this comment :))
Yh im confused as well
Maybe its output level is higher?
@@6581punk Good point. :)
@@esseferio im pretty sure it's the same output there's not much difference between 3.5mm and usb c
you guys have good eyes. We also have a Galaxy Note 10 and a Galaxy fold, neither of which have the headphone jack, so I simply assumed. I should look with my eyes not with my brain! However I had the Jack anyway and it worked great so 🤷♂️
Who needs sleep when you can watch retro Recipes!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️ Now sleep...
... he says at 1:00 in the morning.
... HE says at 1:50 in the morning....
@@RetroRecipes would it be possible to with an expansion Port accessory either or through the USB on the Raspberry Pi zero preferably the expansion port.
Rs232 serial or others.
AK actual cereal not USB if not possible you could always do that through the USB but just wondering.
A parallel port same as above.
Because the armhole sound chips and all that chiptunes will definitely be a possibility.
Which leads me to the next question.
How about midi through the expression for or if that would work the USB port on the Raspberry Pi zero expansion?
I'm sure I'm not the only one that thought about this at one point or in the future.
Please anyone comment thanks.
@@RetroRecipes hey me again.
Nas the question on the Spectrum system..
I'm not seeing too many of your videos but I want for more because I am into Retro computers but I just recently discovered your channels content.
I am curious about something in the video.
I have feelings probably some sort of computer-generated thing?
On the one side of the screen when you're showing the pseudo video capture AKA direct camera feed from the monitor.
That sword a Game Boy thingy.
I take it that was computer generated right?
If not what is going on there?
But theoretically you could actually make something sort of like that.
Got a pocket television.
Then build and or 3D prints.
Also the buttons of the front could be functional.
Ameri fact it sort of reminds me of BMO from Adventure Time for for some reason.
I have a feeling that I got the name spelled wrong but I don't know.
Also using Google speech recognition for this LOL.
Surprisingly did pretty good.
Oftentimes goes either way or both.
Usually use a combination of dragon and Google for most tasks.
Since I cannot touch type on PC.
However I found with the Android keyboard I'm able to do it so much better.
Occasionally I use my Android as a wireless keyboard and mouse.
Eventually will use a PlayStation 3 or something or other controller as a mouse.
And of course all buttons map to different functions.
So true browser VLC you name it.
On-screen keyboard on off Etc.
I'm able to use steri keyboard it's just have never been able to touch type.
Carpal tunnel both wrists.
And wound up having to get a grant originally for the original Dragon dictate.
At that time is basically the price of the beefed-up computer.
That was a primary reason for that computer.
Was using 16 megabytes of RAM instead of eight by the way this was Windows machine.
Quarter 2nd pause between words.
One of the most precious things on the hard drive was your voice files.
You literally almost had a tranny entire dictionary individual words.
You're talking about months of training just to be able to do basic dictation.
For anyone out there that was not wear that.
This was a boon to me not having to take dictation for school work etc.
most of the time before head Reagan it was my folks taking dictation for me.
Also in school years ago in grade school and later I went off times would actually use one of the secretaries at school to take dictation.
Even occasionally if I was at church where my dad work in the secretary was available when I needed to do something like that.
the Church secretary would take dictation for me.
Then Along Came Dragon dictate.
by the way that was the original version.
I'm looking into doing coding.
also I'm looking into typing expander as well.
Is there a decent Linux voice recognition program.
I was thinking about possibly doing coding by voice recognition.
And just dictating lines of code.
and also some sort of voice macros would work great For certain things?
Or something like that the debt could be variable ad such hard to describe what that would be.
Comments appreciated.
@@aaronbrandenburg2441 eh..?
I'm loving all these Spectrum Next videos, how I missed out on this is anyone's guess! I still have many of my games on tape, including of course the Ultimate classics! Love your retro museum room, I wish I was that tidy!
Thanks Gordon! Glad you liked it. Now get tidying! 😉🕹️
@@RetroRecipes it's tricky as I'm building an arcade cabinet at the moment! A three-quarter sized Galaga standup!
@@cameralabs Nice! You'll enjoy an upcoming video of mine then, of an Atari arcade flavour...
Nice to see you here Gordon 😀
@@gavinstirling7088 I'm never far away! Can't believe I missed the second campaign for the Next either. I need to try harder, although it could be the retro gods telling me to stay with OG hardware.
Making Lady Fractic take part in those bad jokes... How are you not single? ;-)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nothing more satisfying than watching and listening to a speccy game loading.
Certainly far more satisfying than listening to someone talking about.
Did I mention he sounds like a magician? No he really does!
th-cam.com/video/QPXvAM9blow/w-d-xo.html
@@richardcb6076 ahahahahahhaha
...without "Tape loading error" message :)
Clive Sinclair thank you for a lot of my childhood! I did love being outside but when at Home the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum transported my mind to another world. Remember typing in code from magazines to create games.
I grew up in California not far from Silicon Valley. I knew nothing about any of the Computers from the UK until I went to College and learned about them in one of my Computer Science courses. However... Back the 90’s I owned a Psion Series 5 handheld computer, which originated in the UK. Amid the tons of software I downloaded for it, I had ZX Spectrum Emulator! I cannot recall the name of the program, just that it allowed me to play a library of hundred of games on the Psion’s monochrome LCD. It was tons of fun, and I could definitely see what made the Speccy so popular!
I’m glad the folks behind this machine finally got it off the ground! I’m also glad it’s not some cheap, crappy, little box with Raspberry Pi rip-off running everything off buggy emulation! Real work went into making a real computer!
Perri, I’m glad you got reunited with and old friend, and look forward to seeing more on this machine in the future!
Psion actually produced a lot of early software for the Spectrum, and many of their organisers were based around the same CPU as the Spectrum. It even played host to a Horace game, IIRC.
This brings back a lot of memories. My first computer was an Acorn, but our house got broken into and it was stolen. With the insurance money, I was allowed to upgrade to a brand new ZX Spectrum 128K Plus 2 and that was my main computer for years until I got the Amiga 1200. But the humble speccy will always have a place in my heart.
7:19 "I'll give you a bit of scale, here's a standard piece of string"
www.specnext.com/product/zx-spectrum-next-computer/
Dimensions 50 x 30 x 30 cm
One of those measurements is NOT right!!
Frazer, I was going to use a banana 🍌
@@RetroRecipes lewd
Size isn't important, apparently.
Awesome video! Any news from Newtek about Amiga Lightwave free release?
Thanks. If you mean Team17 yes, check out my Christmas Day video... 👍🕹️
love Atic Atac, also fond memories of Sabre Wulf and Underwurlde :)
That user guide is a proper blast from the past, so early Sinclair!
18:06 The Warhawk music is not up to the original C64 standard, but having said that, I'm really interested in getting a Spectrum Next for it's sound capabilities.
You can download the original piece of music (sid format), put it in the same folder of the game and the Next will send the audio to the Rasperry PI in order to reproduce the original music. You need the "Next Accelerated" version for that.
This is exactly my favourite sort of retro project. Now we just need some way to hook it up to a 3" disk drive. :D
The USB ports on the Pi might come in handy for that....
@@tomwilson2112 I don't think you can find a 3-inch floppy drive with usb, but this device *_WILL_* let a Next user hook up a 3-inch drive to the Next:
www.ebay.com/itm/Controller-FDD-3DOS-for-ZX-Spectrum-2A-2B-Harlequin-128-issue-3G-3H/223844886963
Pish! All the outdated amstrad 3” floppies. We want microdrives !
@@rosssissons5062 Apparently you _CAN_ attach an Interface 1 to the Next: th-cam.com/video/tuoWzK8ejUM/w-d-xo.html (Paul Jenkinson's "The Spectrum Show EP91")
My first two proper computers, spectrum 48k that switched off whenever it felt like it then a 128k with the built in cassette player.
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k and 'Horace Goes Skiing' was where it all started for me way back in '82. Those were the days. Thanks Sir Clive. I'm still a massive computer nerd still at 50yrs young.
The same for me. A 48K Spectrum was my first computer and Horace Goes Skiing was my first game on it. I am also 50 now and those times spent programming and playing games on my Speccy are some of my fondest memories.
Your production levels are so first rate.. video after video. Very well done. Lady and Puppy are the stars though btw. :)
Wow. Thank you so much! And yeah, I know they are 😉
Hehe yeah my friend also had this Spectrum in the attic, we programmed silly games on free afternoons, mostly text adventures. I had the C64 but we eventually were becoming Amiga nuts anyway.
Gah just reminded me that We wrote a text adventure in basic. It was based in underground tunnels at a school. But one day we lost the file 😭
@@RetroRecipes hehe yeah tapes and all were a bit vague at times. He still has most of it I think he made images of it running on a speccy emu running on an emulated Amiga on a PC 😄 Blasphemy. I also remember making a portrait in deluxe paint for Mother's Day but although clever enough to paint there was something about the saving I did not get or the disc was full and I did not have any other.. so I kept it in memory overnight and for the day to show her😄😄
Curious to see how well it loads TS1000 stuff saved with a 16K ram pack.
Shout out to Puppyfractic who hit all his cues and lines like a pro.
so many lines, she's at the Betty Ford clinic next week.
You are wrong, Puppyfractic WRITES the script, so Perryfractic and Ladyfractic are the ones hitting THEIR cues and lines.🤣🤣
Oh wow... 7:00 -- that is an absolutely gorgeous machine. I grew up with the ZX81 (and the Timex Sinclair 1000, and then the Timex Sinclair 2068, which was sort of an upgraded Spectrum for the US). Beautiful. 👍
You've done me proud lad! :D
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I finally got one off eBay as I missed the Kickstarter by days (had to wait for a backpayment which came late). Just sitting here watching this video whilst upgrading mine to the Plus model. I love my Spectrum Next 😍
I also still have my original 48k Spectrum and 128k Plus (the one before Mr Sugar changed the look to match the Amstrad style).
On a side note, it turned out to be Ashens who put it up on eBay with a portion going to the Computer Sciences Musseum in Cambridge UK so I was not too bummed about paying double the Kickstarter price.
A 28MHz 8-bit CPU? That sounds like an amazing place to code for 8-bit systems. With that speed you could do some insane things in the world of 8-bit.
It's not just the CPU. 3 x AY chips and much improved graphical power.
@@6581punk oh yeah, I forgot about the sound chips. That was really impressive too. I can only imagine what this thing is capable of for those with the skills. The graphical stuff is really impressive too, some of it looked like it could come from 16-bit consoles from the era that was big. This thing has so much potential for pushing limited hardware.
Great video! :) Got a Next as well, and love it. It's funny.. I have seen quite a few Spectrum Next videos, and when disassembling, they have all taken off the daughter board as well. Always wondered why they didn't just disconnect the ribbon cable. Satisfying to see you do that. :) Oh, and.. I also often hit wrong keys. When in BASIC or the browser, I often hit curser right, instead of down. I think it's because the Speccy keyboard is much more compact than most other keyboards, so you move your hands further than you should. If that made sense.. ^_^