@rob16248 - probably - if the BBC Radiophonic workshop had anything to do with it - they used anything and everything for sound effects - the famous Tardis noise was scraping piano strings.
Oh goodness this beast brings back memories - I positively lusted after the +, and was deeply enamored of +2 and especially the +3, which arrived in South Africa in 1988...but it was not be, with the growing ascendancy of the 386, and later 486 DX-2 66....but I still retain a soft spot in my heart for the +, and have often wondered what a QL is like....
"New style professional keyboard" - NO chance - better than the original, yes - but good enough ? not even close. Sinclair never understood the need for a proper keyboard - it took Amstrad to do that when they took them over.
The Spectrum+ came out in 1984, I remember my mate got one just after it came out, but they weren't very well made because when he turned it upside down all the keys on the new style keyboard fell out and he had to take it back to the shop!
At the time I had a C=64 and would never stoop so low :)
I'm pretty sure this ad is from 1984. The Spectrum + was released that year. Also, the background music is a good example of FM synthesis, probably a Yamaha DX-7, released in 1983. This was considered hot, cutting-edge stuff at the time, ideal for the purposes of this ad.
Oh Yes! I still love the old speccy 48k and have all the games that go with it. OK it needs repairing every now and then, but theres nothing like playing Bombjack or Exploding Fist like the old days, is there! Thanks for the vid post LucEsq. :-)
Weren't these used for Dr Who special effects during the early 80's?
rob16248 5 months ago
@rob16248 - probably - if the BBC Radiophonic workshop had anything to do with it - they used anything and everything for sound effects - the famous Tardis noise was scraping piano strings.
Twirlyhead 3 months ago
Turn on your ZX spertrum detector.
bogercs 5 months ago
Oh goodness this beast brings back memories - I positively lusted after the +, and was deeply enamored of +2 and especially the +3, which arrived in South Africa in 1988...but it was not be, with the growing ascendancy of the 386, and later 486 DX-2 66....but I still retain a soft spot in my heart for the +, and have often wondered what a QL is like....
CapeDeepShark 7 months ago
"New style professional keyboard" - NO chance - better than the original, yes - but good enough ? not even close. Sinclair never understood the need for a proper keyboard - it took Amstrad to do that when they took them over.
Twirlyhead 9 months ago
The Spectrum+ came out in 1984, I remember my mate got one just after it came out, but they weren't very well made because when he turned it upside down all the keys on the new style keyboard fell out and he had to take it back to the shop!
At the time I had a C=64 and would never stoop so low :)
jren57 1 year ago
Imac1970, did your 81 run out of memory a lot?
jjovereats 1 year ago
Loved this ad at the time, especially as I was stuck with a 16k ZX81 and could only dream of owning one of those beauties ... Sigh ...
lmac1970 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure this ad is from 1984. The Spectrum + was released that year. Also, the background music is a good example of FM synthesis, probably a Yamaha DX-7, released in 1983. This was considered hot, cutting-edge stuff at the time, ideal for the purposes of this ad.
UncleFeedle 3 years ago 2
The original speccy came out in 1982, but this is probably a couple of years later when the Spectrum+ came out.
NotATube 3 years ago
Oh Yes! I still love the old speccy 48k and have all the games that go with it. OK it needs repairing every now and then, but theres nothing like playing Bombjack or Exploding Fist like the old days, is there! Thanks for the vid post LucEsq. :-)
kabogga 3 years ago
Lol. I used to own one of these. I sold it to buy a Sega Megadrive, haha.
TheMilkMan69 3 years ago