Sinclair Research

ZX Spectrum - Tribute to Sir Clive Sinclair | LEGO® Ideas The LEGO ZX Spectrum is a celebration of one of the most iconic home computers ever made. This build pays homage to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a machine that int…

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Ok built-in joystick looked cool.

Newspaper advert from home computers in the 80s

Who had written a letter to Santa asking for a ZX Spectrum?

Aesthetics? No. Human error.

3D Monster Maze. A low-res maze.

Also: some assembly required if you want snow. The lines after 95 are missing.

“Put” not “Out”. Sigh.

BASIC program to draw a tree

Said tree

I know some people out their trees up around now..

New blog post - a new serial card for Minstrel 4th and RC2014 - blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/11/soft...
Yes, that's it. No UART, no ACIA, no DART, no SIO no microcontroller, no Raspberry Pi.
How did I do it?

Recreation of the ZX80 in Minecraft

#ZX80

Looking for a ZX-compatible computer you build yourself? You will NOT do better.

Tynemouth Software on Tindie I write a blog about old computers, repairing them, upgrading them, replacing them. Read more at blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk

Let's try something different. Let's make today "make me a reasonable offer Friday".

See something in my Tindie store, send me an email or a DM with a reasonable offer (please don't insult me) and where you are so I can include postage, and I'll see what I can do.

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ASCII art

#TGIF

How bad is the screen?

No, different computers.

Tch tch. Thought you liked typefaces.

K prompt

K prompt

Spot the difference!

Now that’s a talent

The ZX80 BASIC prompt

“What was the first code editor you ever used?”

Commentary of ZX81-Forth (Tree #Forth) disassembly is complete. I may add some more detail in due course but every routine has an explanation to help people understand it - github.com/markgbeckett... #retrogaming

Smyths Toys have The Spectrum on offer

In the UK? This is a total steal.

Before the iPhone..

New blog post - Converting a ZX81 BASIC game to run in Commodore BASIC on the VIC 20 (and the PET, C64 and TED)

blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/11/peri...

BASIC is quite a portable language, so let's see how easily it ports.

It’s mostly for running the built-in games. It’s a retro console first and foremost.

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timex sinclair 1000 (sinclair zx81) hooked up to a sony watchman MEGA portable tv

tiny computer setup

My printer worked great: I still have some listings and screendumps from the ZX81 and Speccy. I once was given 50 lines by a teacher and printed them out on my ZX Printer. The teacher was impressed: but made me do them again.

This is why I want my ZX Printer to work.

The Wikipedia page on Life / Cellular Automata is peak.

Life goes faster when you're older.
Mostly thanks to the 28MHz mode on this Spectrum Next and cheap video effects. #TGIF