It’s an auspicious moment for retrocomputing fans, as it’s now four decades since the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This budget British microcomputer was never the best of the bunch, but ...

Sir Clive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum home computer was a minimalist slab of plastic and rubber, topped off with rainbow stripes down the side – a masterpiece of understatement in an age of overkill.

My first computer was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. I still remember the feel of those rubber keys and how the process of loading the game often took longer than you spent playing it. The ZX Spectrum ...

The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, UK, receive many donations from which they can enrich their collection and museum displays. Many are interesting but mundane, but the subject of ...

The ZX Spectrum was a 1980s icon which played a starring role in the revolution that brought computers into the UK’s homes for the first time. The 8-bit computer arrived in 1982 with its ...

"Yes, we've certainly gone backwards" Sir Clive Sinclair should be no stranger to Computing readers. A pioneering mind in the UK technology scene, Sir Clive Sinclair was responsible for one of the ...