40 YEARS OF THE ZX SPECTRUM

hen Sinclair launched the ZX Spectrum in April 1982 it would be inconceivable to those involved that we’d still be talking, writing The Spectrum was launched at a time when demand for personal computers was growing and the cost of components was falling, which brought experimentation and innovation to the fore. Things were changing at such a pace that Sinclair adopted a 12-month hardware upgrade schedule. The clue was in the name: the ZX80 (1980) was followed by the ZX81 (1981), and the ZX82 and ZX83 were next in line.