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CPCNG project
An eZ80 based clone of Amstrad CPC. Bears many similarities to the
SPRINTER, although many more hardware functions are supposed to be
integrated into the FPGA. Unfortunatelly the project seems to have
stalled.
Commodore One
Another project of major update of classic hardware, the ATX
mainboard just reached production stage an is available to order.
Based on a 25 MHz version of the 6502 processor, interfaces with
most of the current commodity components like IDE drives or PCI
cards, although it lacks the level of support comparable with
Sprinter. |
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Art Studio
The ultimate graphics package on Speccy.
Comes in many flavors and fixes for all those different Speccys
(48K, +128, +2, +3...), drivers for all kinds of disk controllers,
input devices as well as printers.
Datalog
One of the most advanced databases on Speccy.
Offers nice user interface to freely configurable databases as
well as basic functions expected from this kind of software. |
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| connector |
What you need in order to be able to use the computer and what
peripherals connect to it.
Unexpanded ZX Spectrum:
A TV set (connects to the aerial) for display, a standard tape
recorder for loading and saving software (a tape counter is very
usefull).
Third party add-ons:
lYou need a special interface for connecting joysticks (usually
Kempston interface).
Several HW/SW solutions are available for connecting floppy drives
and even IDE hard drives or CD-ROMs.
There are couple of sound enhancements available as well, mostly
based on the Yamaha AY chips.
Although most users live happily witha a TV set, video output
adaptors are also known to exist.
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| quick
links |
HOME
AMSTRAD
COMMODORE
SHARP |
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| fact
file |
ZX-80
Year: 1979
Tech stuff: Processor Z80/3.25 MHz, RAM 1 KB (max. 16 KB), display
monochrome 24x32 chars
ZX81
Year: 1981
Tech stuff:
Processor Z80/3.5 MHz, RAM 1 KB (max 64 KB), display
monochrome 24x32 chars
ZX SPECTRUM
Year: 1984
Tech stuff:
Processor Z80/3.5 MHz, RAM 16/48/128 KB, graphics 256x192/8
colours, 32x22 chars display
Optional add-ons:
•
Interface 1 – allows connecting up to 8 Microdrives
• Microdrive
– a proprietary looped tape cartiridge drive (with cartiridge
cpacity of about 90 KB)
• Interface
2 – gives a ROM cartridge slot and two joystick connectors |
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SPRINTER
The ultimate ZX Spectrum of today: comes as an AT-form factor
motherboard. Sports Z80 processor running on up to 21 MHz, 4 MB of
RAM IDE controller, AT keyboard interface, serial port and two
8bit ISA slots. The most clever part is the Altera FPGA thanks to
which Sprinter can become not only classic Speccy, but also one of
the more advanced Russian clones and the best of 'em all – the
Sprinter. Nothing however prevents you from turning it into just
about anything Z80-based youreslf – the docs are freely
available to all developers. Comes from Russia with lotta usefull
software on a CD as well as all the cabling. Go on and check it
out here.
Similar achievement has been recently made in the Commodore scene
– it's called the C-One. |
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file |
SAM Coupé
Year: 1991
Tech stuff:
Processor Z80B 6MHz, RAM 256–512 KB (fully addressed by
hardware), 1 or 2 floppy drives, SAA sound chip, MIDI, graphics up
to 512x256, professional keyboard. |
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This range of home computers practically started the home computing
revolution—Clive Sinclair (not sir yet) gave people an affordable
computer under 100 quid, surpasing the costly chipset performing graphics, sound and
I/O functions with a single, custom made chip, known as the ULA, the
blessing and curse of the Speccy community ever since. Many clones were
manufactured as well as hacked together by hobbyists all over the world, starting with the licenced
US based Timex, expanded versions were built by Amstrad after
the company took over the Sinclair Research. Most of the clones were
however built without license like Didaktik (Czechoslovakia/Slovakia),
extended versions Pentagon and Scorpion (USSR/Russia), Speccy-based
projects apeared even in the UK (Sam Coupé) but also in Russia
(Sprinter).
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The scene is striving, new developments abound—it is quite
common these days to connect not only floppy disk controllers or RAM
expansions, but also IDE drives, sound interfaces, etc. The community is
however a bit on the conservative side, so no sign of a more serious
operating system like those on Amstrad CPC or Commodore 64 are really on
the horizon.
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| classic
spectrum |
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| WOS
- World of Spectrum [eng] |
The official world archive for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
An awesome software catalogue section with many of the
titles available to download. |
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| Speccy.cz
[eng] |
Czech
Spectrum active users' web site in English. Archives the
Czech ZX Magazín, hosts several other sites like CI5. |
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| Planet
Sinclair [eng] |
Facts
and history of uncle Clive's enterprises and inventions,
from calculators to automotive industry. |
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| The
Best 50 Games [cz] |
Lists
the best 50 Spectrum games ever. In Czech. |
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| Spectrum
Emulation Guide [eng] |
A
user's guide to emulating ZX Spectrum mainly in the Windows
environment. |
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| SpeccyWeb
[cz] |
An
active forum maintained by and for developers. The source
for the MB-Commander (the Norton Commander-like file manager
for the MB-02+ disk controller), the Fast Commander and BS-DOS.
In Czech only. |
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| Raww.org
[eng] |
ZX
demo scene news. A lively, active place to go if you wanna
know... |
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| ZX
Spectrum DIY [eng] |
DIY
haredware projects like IDE interface, floppy controller,
Smart Media controller, ROM switch, flash EPROM replacement
for ROM and much, much more... |
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| AAA
ZX Spectrum Games [cz] |
Website
packed full of games to download, loadsa information, pokes,
gaming instructions, maps, pictures and a ton of links. |
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| Sintech
[ger][eng] |
World-wide
distributor of hardware and software for ZX Spectrum and
Spectrum-based systems |
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| Classic
8bit Computers – Sinclair [eng] |
A
collection of usefull FAQs, Usenet group links, online
documentation. Sections dedicated to other classic platforms. |
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| X-agon
[eng] |
A
nice web-site with bunch of usefull links, a live forum and
a choice to view the front page in KDE or Win95 style :-) |
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| KVL
Software Production [cz] |
The
software team active between 1990 and 1995, responsible for
games like Flappy, Alien Demo, Orion, Boovie etc. Offers
download of the aforementioned in .TAP format. |
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| Fuxoft
[cz][eng] |
An
ego-site of one of the nestors of Czech Speccy scene,
Frantisek Fuka. |
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| Crazytronic
[cz] |
A
Czech demo-group's site, probably quite dead now (last
update in 2000) but with a really nice download section. |
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| MTs
[cz] |
Useful
stuff for ZX Spectrum / Didactic / D40 / D80, some downloads
(Art Studio, DTPressor, DTP Menu...), technical info and
bunch of useful links. |
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| Secarica
ZX Zone [eng] |
A
nice indeed site with lotta useful information and downloads
like Art Studio +3... |
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| Sinclair
Page [eng] |
A
nice overview of the SInclair hardware, a tech fact sheet
and a few links. |
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| Gamestage
[eng] |
Games
for the good ol' Speccy, forums |
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| Demo.Design
[ru] |
Russian
demo group |
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| Sinclair
Nostalgia Products [eng] |
A
nice site indeed, although not quite fresh. Good collection
of info about Speccy clones including Sprinter's
predecessors. |
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| The
ZX-News Site [ru] |
A
Russian only web site, hosting many others. Not quite
frequented lately, yet full of content if you read the
language. |
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| Philip
Kendall – The SInclair Spectrum [eng] |
Home
of the Fuse – the free Unix Spectrum emulator. Also a
collection of variuos usefull utilities and a collection of
Speccy ROM images. |
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| Speccy4ever
[eng] |
A
bit confusingly looking site, containing however plenty of
useful and interesting info including hardware projects
worth seeing. Archives all kinds of ZX ROMs. |
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| Erik's
Spectrum Pages [eng] |
Home
of the XZX emulator for Unix, ZxLink and a modest Speccy
collection. |
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| ESpectrum
[sp] |
Spanish
home of the ZX Spectrum. Up-to-date, with many useful links. |
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| Anestis
World [eng] |
A
World of Spectrum-hosted site of the Greek Speccy community. |
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| Codemasters
[eng][ru] |
The
legendary programers group responsible for many famous
Speccy games. |
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| Snapsearch
[eng] |
A
powerfull search engine for everything Speccy-related |
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| ZX
Planet [eng] |
Regularly
updated site – games, utils, covers, remakes, cheats,
demos etc. |
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The C64 Banner Exchange
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| sam
coupé |
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| SAM
Coupé Center [eng] |
The
Last ZX Spectrum descendant computer in official production.
The website, created and maintained by one of the original
SAM software developers lists many usefull and essential
links. |
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| Mnemotech
[eng] |
SAM
Coupé usefull info and downloads. Page aparently dead since
2000. |
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| Klub
Kapsa [cz] |
The
very first "SAM user group" in the Czech Republic.
There is a mystical connection between Kapsa and this web-site. |
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| The
SimCoupé Zone [eng] |
Useful
technical info on SAM hardware, information and downloads of
SAM emulator. |
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| Lars
SAM Coupé Pages [eng] |
Bunch
of SAM games to download, as well as some +128 conversions. |
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| Blinky's
SAM Coupé Page [eng] |
Some
SAM tech information, nifty software to download and a bunch
of links... |
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| Chris
White's SAM Archive [eng] |
One
of the SAM's gurus. Loadsa stuff to download including
Prince of Persia and Lemmings. |
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| SimCoupé
[eng] |
The
official home of the SimCoupé SAM emulator for DOS,
Windows, Linux, BeOS, MacOS and QNX. |
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| SPC
Köln [ger][eng] |
Spectrum
& SAM users' club based in Cologne, Germany. Links,
software downloads etc. |
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| Your
Sinclair' SAM Articles Archives [eng] |
The
infamous Your Sinclair magazine's articles on SAM Coupé.
Check it out! |
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| PodLand
[eng] |
Some
docs, links and downloads – mainly Simon Cooke's PD disks. |
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| SAM
Coupé Scrapbook [eng] |
Essential
and background information on SAM Coupé – history, people,
technical data etc. |
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| SAM-Coupé.co.uk
[eng] |
A
very comprehensive, although not too up-to-date site. Loads
of usefull stuff including an FTP software archive. |
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| Quazar
[eng] |
Colin
Piggot's home of the Quazar Surround intrface as well as
other hardware (Compact Flash interface, C64 SID etc.) and
the SAM REVIVAL magazine – still being published! |
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| Peters
Plus [eng][ru] |
The
developer and manufacturer of the latest, most advanced
Speccy clone, the Sprinter. Site contains ecellent support,
many links as well as forums both in English and Russian,
frequently attended by the developers. |
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| RusSell
[eng] |
Looking
for an old Russian Speccy clone to complete a collection?
This is the place! Also if you wanna buy just about anything
else Russian... |
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| Shaos
[eng][ru] |
Home
of Sprint, the Sprinter emulator which comes free under GNU
licence, together with some software to demonstarte its
perfection. Also home to the Sprinter SDK. |
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| sinclair
QL |
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| Sinclair
QL Homepage [eng] |
All
essential information on Sinclair QL – PD software, list
of QL books, emulators etc. |
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| Quanta
[eng] |
THE
newsletter / mailing list for the QL community |
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| NESQLUG
[eng] |
The New England Sinclair QL Users Group. |
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| Q40
& Q60 Homepage [eng] |
Makers
of the Motorola 68040 and 68060 based clone (mainboard) of
the QL, still being manufactured and available! Running QDOS,
SMSQ/E and Linux. |
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Thiery
Godefroy's Sinclair QL and QDOS Compatible
Systems site [fr][eng] |
All
essential info on SInclair QL as well as later clones (Thor,
QXL, Q40, Q60), emulators, latest news, lins, BBSs, QL users
on the Net, downloads and much more. |
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| FWD
Computing [eng] |
A
brief page on Sinclair QL and Z88 with few useful links |
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| Q
Branch [eng] |
A
U.K. supplier of software for QL and clones under QDOS and
SMSQ operating systems. Also carries used hardware. Lists
numerous useful links. |
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| ClubQL
International [eng] |
A (presumably)
monthly newsletter for the QL community. Doesn't seem quite
up-to-date though. |
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Davide
Santacharia's
Web Page [it][eng] |
Links,
news, QL life in Italy (QL Italian Meeting), mailing lists,
software downloads, emulators |
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| QLAY
[eng] |
Sinclair
QL emulator for Win95, DOS and Linux. QL ROMs available here
as well. |
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| Quo
Vadis Design [eng] |
Some
downloadable software for QDOS/SMSQE, mailing list. |
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| Sinclair
QL Support Page [ger][eng] |
Hardware
and software info on add-ons, upgrades etc, QPC – the QL
emulator (commercial software) and more. |
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| PROGS
[eng] |
Commercial
software for the Sinclair QL and clones running one of the
more up-to-date OSs. |
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| Marcel
Kilgus' Site [eng] |
Information
and news on the QPC emulator (commercial software), SMSQ/E
etc. |
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| Jochen
Mertz Software [ger][eng] |
German
based distributor of the SMSQ/E operating system for the QL
and clones, Atari ST/TT and PC. |
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| Daria
[eng] |
Some
QDOS/SMSQ software – PERL language and a bunch of scripts,
TCP/IP related solutions, GhostScript, many GNU ported
utilities and of course links. |
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Richard
Zidlicky's
Home Page [eng] |
Not
too fresh, this page concentrates mainly on Linux on a QL.
Many links to docs on all kinds of things. |
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Dave
Walker's
Home Page [eng] |
C68
compiler for QDOS and some other platforms. Last updated
January 2002. |
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| cambridge
computers z88 |
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| Rakewell
[eng] |
Rakewell
still stocks Z88s – not only used, but also new ones!
Loads of info, accessories, links. A must-visit place for
any enthusiast or user. |
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| Running
in the Dark [eng] |
A
tool for connecting Z88 to a PC, transfer files etc. |
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| Cambridge
Computer Z88 [eng] |
Usefull
utilities, info, docs and links for any serious Z88 user |
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| Z88Serve
[eng] |
A
Win95/NT utility which provides a file server for Z88. |
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| emulation |
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| Spectrum
Emulation Guide
[eng] |
A
user's guide to emulating ZX Spectrum mainly in the Windows
environment. |
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| Emulators.cz
[cz] |
A
Speccy section of a Czech site dedicated to emulation. Not
quite up-to-date yet full of usefull stuff. |
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| games
and software downloads |
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| AAA
ZX Spectrum Games [cz] |
Website
packed full of ZX games to download. |
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| WOS
- World of Spectrum [eng] |
The official world archive for the Sinclair ZX
Spectrum.
An awesome software catalogue section with many of the
titles available to download. |
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| The
.TZX Vault [eng] |
An
archive of games in .TZX format, hosted by Retrogames. |
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| ZX
Spectrum Czech Games [eng][cz] |
A
really dusty old site with a few Czech games for Spectrum
and a bunch of links. |
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| magazines and user groups |
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| The
CRASH Magazine [eng] |
On-line
archive of the infamous British ZX Spectrum magazine
published from 1984 till 1992. |
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| SUMO
- Sinclair User [eng] |
Sinclair
User Magazine Online – archives of the UK based magazine
published between 1982 and 1993. |
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| T/SNUG
[eng] |
Timex/Sinclair
NorthAmerican User Groups. Lists U.S. websites for numerous
Sinclair-related hardware including Timex, QL and Z88. |
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| CI5
The Amaters [cz] |
A
Czech demo group |
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| Ramsoft
[eng] |
Another
Spectrum demo group |
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| ZX
Magazín [cz] |
Archives
of the Czech once-printed magazine. Now united with the X-Magazin |
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| K3L
Corporation [cz][eng] |
And
yet another Czech demo group. |
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| SPC Köln
[ger][eng] |
Spectrum
& SAM users' club based in Cologne, Germany. Links,
software downloads etc. |
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| The
Your Sinclair's Rock'n'Roll Years [eng] |
A
totally unofficial site dedicated to the Your Sinclair
magazine published between 1986 and 1993. A cool web indeed. |
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| Quazar
[eng] |
Colin
Piggot's home of the Quazar Surround intrface as well as
other hardware (Compact Flash interface, C64 SID etc.) and
the SAM REVIVAL magazine – still being published! |
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| Quanta
[eng] |
THE
newsletter / mailing list for the QL community |
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| NESQLUG
[eng] |
The New England Sinclair QL Users Group. |
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| ClubQL
International [eng] |
A (presumably)
monthly newsletter for the QL community. Doesn't seem quite
up-to-date though. |
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| FIFO
[sk] |
Download
one or all issues of the Slovak Speccy-centered magazine |
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| projects |
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| The
SE Basic Project [eng] |
The SE Basic Project aims to create a universal Open Source update to
the SPectrum Basic to fix the bugs, improve the editor, and resolve hardware conflicts between various versions of the ZX Spectrum. The emphasis will be on maintaining compatibility with the majority of Spectrum software while allowing for platform independence.
Site last updated in 2002. |
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| Speccy
Bob [eng] |
Ever
wanted a Spectrum without ULA? Just check out this cool site
and make yourself one! |
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| Didn't
find your website here? Do you know about a site that
absolutely has to be here? Found a broken/dead link?
Please write to siliconcave@seznam.cz. |
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