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ZX Spectrum vs Commodore 64 – the playground argument settled…

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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If you are of a certain age and owned a ZX Spectrum  you will remember well the playground taunts from your Commodore owning friends regarding colour clash, its rubber keyboard and feeble sound effects. Likewise if you owned a Commodore 64 you will remember the playground taunts regarding washed out colours, peeks and pokes and [...]

Sinclair ZX Spectrum to be re-released in 2012

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Were getting all hot under our geeky collars here at RGC at the prospect of a re-released ZX Spectrum for its 30th anniversary next year. Details are sketchy at the moment but we have it on good authority that the UK game developer Elite Systems, who recently re-released some of their original titles for Apple [...]

Manic Miner on the Sinclair ZX81

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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Hi Res Trickery on your ZX81

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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More rare ZX Spectrum software auctions

Saturday, March 20, 2010

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Back once again with more news of Sinclair ZX Spectrum software auctions that have ended with good prices being paid, and more proof that there are collectors out there with deep pockets indeed… The software in question here is none other than the very rare Sinclair branded Macmillan Education titles; MacMan In The Treasure Caves, [...]

Sinclair ZX81, ZX Spectrum and QL collection

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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Well I can’t expect you all to show me yours without showing you mine, so here it is. I have photographed just my Sinclair collection as it is my main area of collecting and listed the Sinclair stuff I have.  I have lots of other retro goodies of all types and I haven’t even touched [...]

Factsheet – Sinclair ZX81

Friday, January 9, 2009

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All about the Sinclair ZX81 For the uninitiated the ZX81 was a small 8-bit home microcomputer invented and produced by Sinclair Research Limited of Cambridge, England. Sinclair Computers (renamed Sinclair Research Ltd. in March 1981) was founded by Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor of the pocket television, the first pocket calculator, the famous rubber-keyed Sinclair ZX [...]

Rare ZX Spectrum titles fetch a high price on ebay

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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As a collector of all things Sinclair I was interested in a particular auction back in December for the following set of rare Sinclair branded educational/business titles. The photos are from the actual auction listings. Micro Prolog (L 2/S) – by Logic Programming Associates Which? Tax Calculator 1983-84 (4332) – by Consumer’s Association Weathermaster (4325) [...]

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