#Z80A

2025-03-31
The ZX Spectrum was launched 1983 as #Timex Sinclair 2068 computer on the US market. With a #Z80A CPU running on 3.5 MHz this beautiful #homecomputer was capable to draw electric images on a regular telly. With a resolution of 256×192 #pixels even limited to 15 colours it was great for the budget.
https://youtu.be/iemMlbIY1SI

Print'n'Plotter sold their #graphics software under the same product name #Paintbox like #Quantel, but for #Sinclair #homecomputers. While #colourClash was a serious limitation in the 80s, it's a #8bit #cgi #glitch effect today available in smartphone camera apps.

Our #vector #graphic #illustration of this legendary #retrocomputer is a form of #digital #lithography. #IT's made in #svg tech and created with #Inkscape, not #Adobe #Illustrator #Ai
Vector illustration of Sinclair ZX Spectrum retro computer
Siliciumoccitel
2023-10-08

collection
40 ans déjà pour le de 1983 : une sympathique machine sans futur, encore plus belle avec quelques accessoires.
, 4 Ko de RAM et un

Sarah LibmanSarahKL
2023-01-23

The morning sun is coming through the slats on the blinds and falling on my desk at just the right angle.

A ray of sunlight falls across a ceramic and gold Z80A microchip and a cluster of coloured wires.
2022-11-10

Just received the PCB from the "Ms. Pac-Man" (Midway 1981). It is based on the original board with two extensions for the ROMs and a faster .

FiXato (fallback)FiXato
2018-12-03

@ajroach42
The specific model I grew up with was the : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMS-8250
720kb double-sided double-density 3½" disk drive, two external cartridge slots, and connectors for connecting a data cassette recorder and 2 joysticks.

  with a clock speed of 3,56 MHz, 256kB RAM, of which 128kB VRAM. RF-output, but also SCART, which was preferred.

and 220V though.

Stacks of NMS8250s, NMS8280 and other #MSX2 computersElite on data cassette tape for the MSX homecomputer system.Stacks of 3½" floppy diskette boxes full of MSX (and possibly Amiga) software.

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