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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.
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)
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. 🙂
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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!!!!
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.
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. 👍
This is the best retro games TH-cam channel that I've come across. Unlike other pretentious TH-camrs, you guys are genuinely passionate about retro games. And that really shows in your videos. You're very charming and real.
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.
What a first class job on this machine. Looks like you will have fun for years. Really seams like the first computer every kids should have before they get a smart phone. Thanks for sharing this video
Thanks as always for taking me back to happier days. Nostalgia is such a wonderful drug. I love every one of your videos and always look forward to the next.
Certainly brings back memories. I would love to see you finding an old magazine and inputting a program from it to see how the BASIC programming is. Keep up the good shows.
We had the magazine INPUT, it came out every month. I'd spend hours typing in the programs to have some really dodgy results, most of the time it was nothing like it was shown in the pictures. Great times though.
I still remember a breakout bat/ball game on the zx80 that was my first ever intro to programming and computers and is responsible for my now over 25 years in IT. I had to type it in every time i wanted to play it. Man. That is how you learnt to code!! 😁👍 Of course it took longer to type/check and fix than it would hold your attention for as a game but I would so love to type in that same code again just once more now 40 years on. That program taught me enough to begin writing my own space invaders clone. Such great memories.
Our first computer was the spectrum 16k. My mum and dad spent ages writing a little program to show us on Christmas day when we went downstairs to open our presents. I remember using the 48k as a word processor, we bought the printer and my dad said it looked like a toilet roll dispenser 😃
@@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.
So totally blown away with this machine - it is near perfectly executed as a retro computer recreation - respects the past with software and hardware compatibility, yet addresses current realities (integral SD card support, WiFi for Internet BBS access, HDMI display out - and even can be accelerated with a dirt cheap Raspberry Pi Zero - how absolutely wondrously insane is that?!?!?!). And the fact there's a very active community developing for it - taking advantages of newer capabilities. (Plus I even like that it's Z80 based instead of 6502 - not really much of a fan of the 6502). Am thinking Clive Sinclair should be well pleased with this continuation of what he started - honors the original hardware in every way.
Every time I watch your videos I feel like I'm travelling back in time, to much more peaceful and care-free period of my life. Oh yes, and your voice reminds me of Bob Harris of the The Old Grey Whistle Test.
You genuinely looked like you were gonna cry throughout the video! Great coverage of the new Speccie! I love retro gear videos, but I'm still too jaded from the first time to actually play the things.😂 Heck, you do it for us. Thanks Peri/Chris!
I came across this by accident but i'm so glad i did. Firstly, i never realised that there was a Spectrum monitor which was interesting news for me. I still have my ZX Spectrum 128 k +2A from when i was young and all of the games. I just could never get rid of it, no matter how much technology changed over the years. This looks fantastic and has made me want one of these too now, lol! Even with the limitations the Spectrum had, there were people doing some great stuff with it. I used to love the tapes you'd get on magazines that would have demo's, some even full games. The sound ones at the time used to amaze me as there were some using digitized sound, not much heard of then. Great video, that's for kicking in some old memories!
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 :))
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 🤷♂️
You really hit the nail on the head - our imaginations had to compensate for the less than brilliant graphics, which is why our nostalgia is greater for the spectrum. Subscribed!
Our first family computer was a ZX81 (bought in kit by an uncle, who gifted it to us), circa 1982. At first, I'm not sure we had the 16Kb cartridge. We got a tape player/recorder, that's for sure. We loved this little marvelous box, despite having to deal with poor video signal (antenna, iirc) here (secam ruled tv sets by that time), it was only B&W, didn't play sound (we never bought a sound extension), but god we loved that computer ! I remember that we had attached a "raised keyboard" over the sensitive one. First steps in BASIC. Our next computers were Amstrad CPC464 (with color monitors). Some school friends had been commodore all along (Vic20, then C64), other went for stranger things (Phillips VG5000, MSX, Thomson TO7...) the main point remains that we were having fun during many hours, one day at my parents house, the next at somebody else's. Then came the Amiga, and it was an earthquake, we saw demos at various "salons" (not sure how well that translate ! Computers related shows), the boing ball, the juggler... And it changed everything !
Looks like you found one of your happy places. That's nice to see :-) I was amazed at the tape creation and load and such a beautiful design too. Cheers.
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!
@@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.
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. ⌨️
Wasn't aware that the awesone music in your videos is actually original work from your own hands. Just checked out your page and found these playlists...now I know what to listen through in the next days and weeks. :)
First time landing on your channel and the quality of the video is superb. Also this happens to be the most comprehensive overview I've seen so far. Looking forward ( and backward ) to your other videos 😉
@@ExperimentIV Same. I can sing it too, but I always find my voice trying to drift out of my vocal range. Am more a keyboardist anyway, singing is something I do for fun tho xD
Ben H. im better at singing than i am at any other musical endeavour but i need to practice those more. unfortunately that requires space, and i need to make some if i want to get any further. you dont need much room to sing, though. i only have one demo of my voice on my channel (im getting around to making more demos) but even though i don’t think im that good, at least it’s a reliable voice, haha
LOL! I used that CD when demonstrating a Turbo-CD issue and half the comments were about Yazoo/Yaz - Situation. ;) Love it. Remember the Nintendo commercial that used it?
Nice computer and good episode 😃 I never had a spectrum but liked seeing you so happy and excited about it. Reminded me of when I got my first real computer back in the early 90s 😃 Thanks and have a great weekend.
I dug out my ZX Spectrum 128 +2 (grey) from the loft (attic). It's been in there for 20+ years, and not been in user for loads more years. My Father had done a mod on it back in the 80s, adding sockets onto it so it can use an external source for the tape, loading and saving (input and output). Damn lucky too as the tape no longer works, probably just needs a new belt. It means that my old Speccy can load and save from modern computers. It feels so funny to be able to download a game and run it on the actual computer, or write a program and being able to save it as an audio file on the Mac. Computers are ACE :D
What a great update to a classic computer , I had the original spectrum , with the printer on that silver paper rolls , micro drive and the joystick adaptor and extra ram back in the 80s . Very nostalgic mate , bought back good memories I used to like playing loads of games but scuba diver , minder and jet set willy stick in my mind (that sounds wrong these days 😂) 👍🍺
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.
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 🤗
How have I not found your channel before now?! Awesome content which instantly transports me back to my 12 year old self. Loved my ZX81 then Speccy, C64 ad Amiga. Remember Pssst! on Spectrum? Ultimate Play the Game were the Rockstar studio of their day!
@@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
@@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")
There is nothing more satisfying then be back at our own house's attic and feel like we were kids again, playing our childhood games. That's the best feeling ever. Thanks so much for reviewing the Spectrum Next.
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.
Another Kickstarter is planned, date not announced yet but if you sign up for the mailing list found on the specnext.com website you will find out when it's due to start.
Great video btw, only just found your channel and already watched many of your videos including the Amiga 4000 film makers one. Up in my attic I have loads of Spectrum magazines - Sinclair User, Your Sinclair and Crash. At least one of them used to have a coding section where you'd type in a basic program which allowed you to then input machine code line by line to create whatever the program was. These codes were often sent in by readers. One of the best programs was one that listened to the loading noise and displayed on screen in real time character by character the game code it was loading, (displaying it like at at 31:52). The point of the program was that programmers often hid secret messages in the game code that gave away cheat modes. Was an awesome thing. I've got a rubber keyed 48k Spectrum and +2 in my attic too, along with a box full of games, including Attic Attack! Must get them down sometime. In the early 90s, I moved to the dark side and got an Amiga, and still have the 500 and 1200 plus loads of Amiga games and magazines. It's a wonder my ceiling isn't bowing under the weight!
Takes me back to Christmas 1983. "Now That's What I Call Music I" was playing on the gramophone.The urchins gathered in my older brother's bedroom, each vying for control of the keyboard as Attic Attack loaded; me shouting "I'm on, I'm on" - how they laughed and asked if I had my "period". I had no idea what they were talking about (still don't).
FYI, when recording from a phone or computer, use the AUX jack on the tape deck, not the MIC input. The. MIC input is very sensitive and will overdrive the signal. It did work here, which is surprising, but it probably shouldn’t have. =)
To be an evolution, it should have compatibility with previous models, such as ATM-Turbo 2, Turbo2+, ZX Evo, Pentagon 2.666, and ATM3. There were tons of software, including a web browser.
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. :)
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 😅
This brings some nice memories as ZX Spectrum + was the first computer i have ever seen in life, made me want to learn English better to operate it and in ways modern kids can operate touch phones at age 4, i was operating the ZX Spectrum as a small kiddo with perfection of even Poke commands to cheat in games :D My Dad a radio officer sailor was always a fan of technology progress and in such way on one of his returns home he brought home a ZX Spectrum + and two boxes of cassetes full of programs and games. My first ever game in life was Ride Over Moscov (witch was actualy still illegal in Poland) i then discovered more and more games and programs and got hyped for this technology, some time later my father noticed i not only like games, but programs and i even try to write my own things in basic so decision was quite quick and Amiga 600 was given to me by my day with just two games to start, Apidya and B17 flying fortress, i hated apidya after 30 minutes (but loved the intro and music) but the B17 Flying fortess captured my heart and that`s how my gamer life started kiddos :D
Really loving my next, being able to overclock original games is by far my favourite feature. Stunt Car Driver runs amazingling at 28mhz :) It makes some games that were bearly playable really nice, like Out Run and Wec Le Mans. I found the same flux residue on mine too.
What a neat machine and a cool project! The closest I ever had to one of these in the states was the Timex Sinclair, actually my first-ever computer. Then I got a CoCo2 for my fifth birthday. I never did much with the Sinclair and really cut my teeth on the CoCo2. A machine like this offers a good chance for those of us who were in the US to get to experience something on which most of us missed out!
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.
Recently I’ve built ZX-UNO VGA myself, also based on Spartan-6. A lot of fun, especially when you finally got PS/2 keyboard. It allows you to run other machines, like 8 bit Atari 800 or C64 - but ZX spectrum NEXT looks far more advanced in scope of Spectrum, and it has real physical ports. The look and feel is also great advantage of NEXT... :-) Thanks for this review....
Try ZX Evo - it runs Russian software for advanced ZX Spectrum clones (numerous games, demos, and OSes with utilities), that ZX-UNO and ZX Next don't. At least now. And they don't plan, as we see in incompatible video modes (impossible on true hardware) and dates "1982-1992, 2018", excluding MOST of ZX Spectrum history.
I'm thinking about ordering one on the next pre-order. I DID order a ZX Uno, which is super cheap ($50-ish), and I plan to play with that a bit once it arrives.
In the meantime if you want to have a Next compatible machine I'd suggest you exchange the ZX Uno with a ZX Dos that runs the Next core (granted, no digital video out, no expansion port and no extra joystick ports but you can run the software :) )
My First computer in 1982, opening "that manual" I remember as yesterday as I was waiting in the car ...with our new Spectrum waiting for my family to return from the rest of the Saturday shopping 🤔. So I started reading the manual, as you do if you don't have a tv to connect it to.
Special times weren't they? I'm sorry to hear that news. But the most special times were back then, and you had those. Today it's mere reflections and nostalgia 🤎
Here in Argentina, in the mids 80s a clon of the Spectrum was made by a good national electric motor company called Czerweny where i live on Paraná city, later models are made in portugal. Except for the cpu and the 4 bit ALU the rest was ensambled with national components. And the Commodore 64 was made by another national company called Drean which made washing machines and dishwashers. Something that was different from the original ZX Spectrum is that on the left side it has a small reset button, two DIN connectors to connect joysticks compatible with the original Sinclair joysticks (which were also manufactured by Czerweny), the Ch10 rf out and also had a composite video output for monitors. The only negative point was that in the country the 128K model was never distributed only the 48K version I know at least 4 models by photos and maybe one more. The Czerweny CZ Spectrum is like the original one. The Cz Spectrum plus is indeed a ZX Spectrum+ Another models under the signature of czerweny, the CZ 1000 is the Timex-Sinclair TS-1000, the CZ 1500 is the TS-1500. And personally i see another one this is scrapped and i see only the keyboard, and the base is metal and is white, i can't localize the model on google. sites.google.com/site/crecisteenlos802/cz
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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.
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)
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
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.
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!
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 :)
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.
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.
Fantastic video on such a lovely and fantastic machine!
Thank you! Glad you liked both!
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 👍🕹️
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.
That user guide is a proper blast from the past, so early Sinclair!
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. 👍
This is the best retro games TH-cam channel that I've come across. Unlike other pretentious TH-camrs, you guys are genuinely passionate about retro games. And that really shows in your videos. You're very charming and real.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️ I'm glad the sincere love of nostalgia comes across. ❤️
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 :-)
What a first class job on this machine. Looks like you will have fun for years. Really seams like the first computer every kids should have before they get a smart phone. Thanks for sharing this video
I love that the first thing you did after setup was listen to an audio demo & load up a DAW.
Thanks as always for taking me back to happier days. Nostalgia is such a wonderful drug. I love every one of your videos and always look forward to the next.
Certainly brings back memories. I would love to see you finding an old magazine and inputting a program from it to see how the BASIC programming is. Keep up the good shows.
Christopher Hope Yeh and then spending three days trying to fix it because there was a typo in the listing.
We had the magazine INPUT, it came out every month. I'd spend hours typing in the programs to have some really dodgy results, most of the time it was nothing like it was shown in the pictures. Great times though.
I still remember a breakout bat/ball game on the zx80 that was my first ever intro to programming and computers and is responsible for my now over 25 years in IT. I had to type it in every time i wanted to play it. Man. That is how you learnt to code!! 😁👍
Of course it took longer to type/check and fix than it would hold your attention for as a game but I would so love to type in that same code again just once more now 40 years on.
That program taught me enough to begin writing my own space invaders clone. Such great memories.
Our first computer was the spectrum 16k. My mum and dad spent ages writing a little program to show us on Christmas day when we went downstairs to open our presents. I remember using the 48k as a word processor, we bought the printer and my dad said it looked like a toilet roll dispenser 😃
@@gower1973 You think any of those typo's were intentional?
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..?
So totally blown away with this machine - it is near perfectly executed as a retro computer recreation - respects the past with software and hardware compatibility, yet addresses current realities (integral SD card support, WiFi for Internet BBS access, HDMI display out - and even can be accelerated with a dirt cheap Raspberry Pi Zero - how absolutely wondrously insane is that?!?!?!). And the fact there's a very active community developing for it - taking advantages of newer capabilities. (Plus I even like that it's Z80 based instead of 6502 - not really much of a fan of the 6502). Am thinking Clive Sinclair should be well pleased with this continuation of what he started - honors the original hardware in every way.
Every time I watch your videos I feel like I'm travelling back in time, to much more peaceful and care-free period of my life. Oh yes, and your voice reminds me of Bob Harris of the The Old Grey Whistle Test.
I can still remember unboxing my 48k rubber-keyed Speccy in 1983. That new ZX smell is imprinted on my mind!
This Spectrum looks gorgeous.
You genuinely looked like you were gonna cry throughout the video! Great coverage of the new Speccie! I love retro gear videos, but I'm still too jaded from the first time to actually play the things.😂 Heck, you do it for us. Thanks Peri/Chris!
39:46 ... a tear of Nostalgia ... ZX-Spectrum has been my first computer (1983). Great video!
wow. just wow. i got my spectrum in 1981 when it came out, this video just brought back all those memories.
I think you mean 1982. Release date: 23 April 1982
@@6581punk yes you are right, was so excited i got the date wrong. 1981 was when i got my zx81
I came across this by accident but i'm so glad i did.
Firstly, i never realised that there was a Spectrum monitor which was interesting news for me.
I still have my ZX Spectrum 128 k +2A from when i was young and all of the games.
I just could never get rid of it, no matter how much technology changed over the years.
This looks fantastic and has made me want one of these too now, lol!
Even with the limitations the Spectrum had, there were people doing some great stuff with it.
I used to love the tapes you'd get on magazines that would have demo's, some even full games.
The sound ones at the time used to amaze me as there were some using digitized sound, not much heard of then.
Great video, that's for kicking in some old memories!
So much love poured into this video. Thanks for brightening up
the world with your videos. 👾
Thank you for your kind words Retro Betro! 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 :(
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 🤷♂️
You really hit the nail on the head - our imaginations had to compensate for the less than brilliant graphics, which is why our nostalgia is greater for the spectrum. Subscribed!
3:31 Best-placed retro sound effect, EVER
4:25 The ONLY youtuber that doesn't use some ridiculous Crocodile Dundee-sized knife to open packages XD
It's fun to see someone get so excited about something they love. Great video, this device looks amazing.
Our first family computer was a ZX81 (bought in kit by an uncle, who gifted it to us), circa 1982.
At first, I'm not sure we had the 16Kb cartridge. We got a tape player/recorder, that's for sure.
We loved this little marvelous box, despite having to deal with poor video signal (antenna, iirc) here (secam ruled tv sets by that time), it was only B&W, didn't play sound (we never bought a sound extension), but god we loved that computer !
I remember that we had attached a "raised keyboard" over the sensitive one.
First steps in BASIC.
Our next computers were Amstrad CPC464 (with color monitors).
Some school friends had been commodore all along (Vic20, then C64), other went for stranger things (Phillips VG5000, MSX, Thomson TO7...) the main point remains that we were having fun during many hours, one day at my parents house, the next at somebody else's.
Then came the Amiga, and it was an earthquake, we saw demos at various "salons" (not sure how well that translate ! Computers related shows), the boing ball, the juggler...
And it changed everything !
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...
Looks like you found one of your happy places. That's nice to see :-) I was amazed at the tape creation and load and such a beautiful design too. Cheers.
Thanks Pauline!
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.
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. ⌨️
I haven't swooned so much since I saw the 128k ones in Boots in 1987. Same feeling watching this. What a day :) congrats!
Wasn't aware that the awesone music in your videos is actually original work from your own hands. Just checked out your page and found these playlists...now I know what to listen through in the next days and weeks. :)
Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot! 👍🕹
love Atic Atac, also fond memories of Sabre Wulf and Underwurlde :)
First time landing on your channel and the quality of the video is superb. Also this happens to be the most comprehensive overview I've seen so far. Looking forward ( and backward ) to your other videos 😉
Thanks and welcome
I had the first of these 'next Sinclairs', the SAM Coupe. Loved it but not much was written for it. Wish I'd not sold it though.
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 😉
Absolutely fantastic video. Thanks for the effort in creating this!
This has become my favourite (correct spelling) retro channel - Love the content. Thanks
Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot! 👍🕹
That Yaz song demo made my day. I have fond memories with that song.
_"Looking from a window above, it's like a story of love. Can you hear me?"_
one of my favourite songs and albums. i can sing it pretty well these days, but im no moyet
@@ExperimentIV Same. I can sing it too, but I always find my voice trying to drift out of my vocal range. Am more a keyboardist anyway, singing is something I do for fun tho xD
Ben H. im better at singing than i am at any other musical endeavour but i need to practice those more. unfortunately that requires space, and i need to make some if i want to get any further. you dont need much room to sing, though. i only have one demo of my voice on my channel (im getting around to making more demos) but even though i don’t think im that good, at least it’s a reliable voice, haha
LOL! I used that CD when demonstrating a Turbo-CD issue and half the comments were about Yazoo/Yaz - Situation. ;)
Love it. Remember the Nintendo commercial that used it?
@@ExperimentIV I just flat out don't practice singing the way I should. Keyboards have come really naturally to me, so that helps a lot xD
Nice computer and good episode 😃 I never had a spectrum but liked seeing you so happy and excited about it. Reminded me of when I got my first real computer back in the early 90s 😃
Thanks and have a great weekend.
I didn't even know this was being done and now I want one. I really hope things like these become more wide spread in stores so it's easier to order.
I dug out my ZX Spectrum 128 +2 (grey) from the loft (attic). It's been in there for 20+ years, and not been in user for loads more years.
My Father had done a mod on it back in the 80s, adding sockets onto it so it can use an external source for the tape, loading and saving (input and output).
Damn lucky too as the tape no longer works, probably just needs a new belt. It means that my old Speccy can load and save from modern computers.
It feels so funny to be able to download a game and run it on the actual computer, or write a program and being able to save it as an audio file on the Mac.
Computers are ACE :D
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.
You've done me proud lad! :D
🤯
What a great update to a classic computer , I had the original spectrum , with the printer on that silver paper rolls , micro drive and the joystick adaptor and extra ram back in the 80s . Very nostalgic mate , bought back good memories I used to like playing loads of games but scuba diver , minder and jet set willy stick in my mind (that sounds wrong these days 😂) 👍🍺
Wonderful! And now I must pop off and find a Spectrum for my collection!
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.🤣🤣
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.
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 🤗
This is great to have these 8 bits computer surprises!!! Awesome review mate👍👍
I like how the board uses a DS1307, ESP8266 and a Raspberry Pi to ad dfunctionality rather than re-inventing the wheel - nice design
How have I not found your channel before now?! Awesome content which instantly transports me back to my 12 year old self. Loved my ZX81 then Speccy, C64 ad Amiga. Remember Pssst! on Spectrum? Ultimate Play the Game were the Rockstar studio of their day!
Welcome!
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")
And thank you for linking to the Robot episode of 26 Words in the description. That was very kind.
Sure thing! I hope it helped! 👍🕹️
There is nothing more satisfying then be back at our own house's attic and feel like we were kids again, playing our childhood games. That's the best feeling ever. Thanks so much for reviewing the Spectrum Next.
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.
Wow, what an amazing retro-computer !
This video made me want a tape player/recorder again :)
What can I say, awesome computer, awesome people, awesome dog, awesome video just awesome.
Awesome comment.
Can't beleive I missed this kickstart... I hope another one will be available!
Another Kickstarter is planned, date not announced yet but if you sign up for the mailing list found on the specnext.com website you will find out when it's due to start.
Great video btw, only just found your channel and already watched many of your videos including the Amiga 4000 film makers one. Up in my attic I have loads of Spectrum magazines - Sinclair User, Your Sinclair and Crash. At least one of them used to have a coding section where you'd type in a basic program which allowed you to then input machine code line by line to create whatever the program was. These codes were often sent in by readers. One of the best programs was one that listened to the loading noise and displayed on screen in real time character by character the game code it was loading, (displaying it like at at 31:52). The point of the program was that programmers often hid secret messages in the game code that gave away cheat modes. Was an awesome thing. I've got a rubber keyed 48k Spectrum and +2 in my attic too, along with a box full of games, including Attic Attack! Must get them down sometime. In the early 90s, I moved to the dark side and got an Amiga, and still have the 500 and 1200 plus loads of Amiga games and magazines. It's a wonder my ceiling isn't bowing under the weight!
37:40 YIKES That bottle brings back memoires.
Takes me back to Christmas 1983. "Now That's What I Call Music I" was playing on the gramophone.The urchins gathered in my older brother's bedroom, each vying for control of the keyboard as Attic Attack loaded; me shouting "I'm on, I'm on" - how they laughed and asked if I had my "period". I had no idea what they were talking about (still don't).
I just LOVE your humour and the content of your vids!! We grew up in the same era, and enjoy them same 'geeky' stuff. :D
FYI, when recording from a phone or computer, use the AUX jack on the tape deck, not the MIC input. The. MIC input is very sensitive and will overdrive the signal.
It did work here, which is surprising, but it probably shouldn’t have. =)
Weird, I couldn't get Aux to work 🤷♂️
its very entertaining when the speccy begins to splutter as it executes programs, i want a synth that splutters like a speccy
It's a beautiful and good evolution of computer ZX Spectrum.
Thank for this presentation and test.
To be an evolution, it should have compatibility with previous models, such as ATM-Turbo 2, Turbo2+, ZX Evo, Pentagon 2.666, and ATM3. There were tons of software, including a web browser.
Fair play to BskyB for allowing the go ahead with out being money grabbers but instead donating to charity!
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. :)
Lovely and impresing review... and I'm add your voice it's soooooooo relaxing... 🙂
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
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 😅
I’ve seen a lot of games rooms in these TH-cam videos but yours looks perfect!!!
Thank you! I'm a very lucky boy 😊
My first two proper computers, spectrum 48k that switched off whenever it felt like it then a 128k with the built in cassette player.
That is an absolutely gorgeous device
This brings some nice memories as ZX Spectrum + was the first computer i have ever seen in life, made me want to learn English better to operate it and in ways modern kids can operate touch phones at age 4, i was operating the ZX Spectrum as a small kiddo with perfection of even Poke commands to cheat in games :D My Dad a radio officer sailor was always a fan of technology progress and in such way on one of his returns home he brought home a ZX Spectrum + and two boxes of cassetes full of programs and games. My first ever game in life was Ride Over Moscov (witch was actualy still illegal in Poland) i then discovered more and more games and programs and got hyped for this technology, some time later my father noticed i not only like games, but programs and i even try to write my own things in basic so decision was quite quick and Amiga 600 was given to me by my day with just two games to start, Apidya and B17 flying fortress, i hated apidya after 30 minutes (but loved the intro and music) but the B17 Flying fortess captured my heart and that`s how my gamer life started kiddos :D
Halls of the Things! Attic Attack! That is truely epic - great video.
I thought I was the only one who loved 'Halls'...
Really loving my next, being able to overclock original games is by far my favourite feature. Stunt Car Driver runs amazingling at 28mhz :) It makes some games that were bearly playable really nice, like Out Run and Wec Le Mans. I found the same flux residue on mine too.
Bloody good, I almost won't a spectrum, I'm waiting for the BBC remaster.
Making Lady Fractic take part in those bad jokes... How are you not single? ;-)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wow. Very well designed. Now we just need the same thing done with the Amiga 1200
What a neat machine and a cool project! The closest I ever had to one of these in the states was the Timex Sinclair, actually my first-ever computer. Then I got a CoCo2 for my fifth birthday. I never did much with the Sinclair and really cut my teeth on the CoCo2. A machine like this offers a good chance for those of us who were in the US to get to experience something on which most of us missed out!
Nice! This actually has a Timex "personality" so can replicate that too.
@@RetroRecipes I may have to get one of these soon ;)
Cool upload of the New Kid On The Block... I’m sure that’ll be Hangin Tough! for years to come... 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Beautiful this is. When its speededup it improves the graphics and game play. A master peace
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.
Recently I’ve built ZX-UNO VGA myself, also based on Spartan-6. A lot of fun, especially when you finally got PS/2 keyboard. It allows you to run other machines, like 8 bit Atari 800 or C64 - but ZX spectrum NEXT looks far more advanced in scope of Spectrum, and it has real physical ports. The look and feel is also great advantage of NEXT... :-) Thanks for this review....
Try ZX Evo - it runs Russian software for advanced ZX Spectrum clones (numerous games, demos, and OSes with utilities), that ZX-UNO and ZX Next don't. At least now. And they don't plan, as we see in incompatible video modes (impossible on true hardware) and dates "1982-1992, 2018", excluding MOST of ZX Spectrum history.
I think I’ve read somewhere that the zx-uno can run a (special) version of the next firmware and os. Maybe it’s. The 2meg version only.
The Ceefax stuff takes me back!
I'm thinking about ordering one on the next pre-order. I DID order a ZX Uno, which is super cheap ($50-ish), and I plan to play with that a bit once it arrives.
In the meantime if you want to have a Next compatible machine I'd suggest you exchange the ZX Uno with a ZX Dos that runs the Next core (granted, no digital video out, no expansion port and no extra joystick ports but you can run the software :) )
My First computer in 1982, opening "that manual" I remember as yesterday as I was waiting in the car ...with our new Spectrum waiting for my family to return from the rest of the Saturday shopping 🤔.
So I started reading the manual, as you do if you don't have a tv to connect it to.
That tape LOADING screen 😢 wish my brother was still alive to see this...
Love this episode as well
Special times weren't they? I'm sorry to hear that news. But the most special times were back then, and you had those. Today it's mere reflections and nostalgia 🤎
Started with zx81, then Spectrum+. Really love the Spectrum Next design...
Here in Argentina, in the mids 80s a clon of the Spectrum was made by a good national electric motor company called Czerweny where i live on Paraná city, later models are made in portugal. Except for the cpu and the 4 bit ALU the rest was ensambled with national components. And the Commodore 64 was made by another national company called Drean which made washing machines and dishwashers.
Something that was different from the original ZX Spectrum is that on the left side it has a small reset button, two DIN connectors to connect joysticks compatible with the original Sinclair joysticks (which were also manufactured by Czerweny), the Ch10 rf out and also had a composite video output for monitors. The only negative point was that in the country the 128K model was never distributed only the 48K version
I know at least 4 models by photos and maybe one more.
The Czerweny CZ Spectrum is like the original one. The Cz Spectrum plus is indeed a ZX Spectrum+
Another models under the signature of czerweny, the CZ 1000 is the Timex-Sinclair TS-1000, the CZ 1500 is the TS-1500.
And personally i see another one this is scrapped and i see only the keyboard, and the base is metal and is white, i can't localize the model on google.
sites.google.com/site/crecisteenlos802/cz
My first PC was ZX Spectrum (16bit). Seeing this makes me want one! A great teaching tool as well.
You meant 16kb?
@@6581punk yes hehehe
Love your videos RR thank you from the uk 🇬🇧 stay safe take care I’m patiently waiting for my NEXT
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️