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    From il biggo@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 30 10:41:11 2024
    Howdy, fellow Speccists! It's been what, 15 years since the last time I
    posted here?

    Anyway, I heard about a "The Spectrum" (hardware replica of the Sinclair
    ZX Spectrum), and I wondered if anybody here knew anything about it. Is
    it "official"? Is it any good? Has anybody seen/touched a prototype?

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  • From Calum@21:1/5 to il biggo on Sun Sep 1 16:43:00 2024
    On 30/08/2024 11:41, il biggo wrote:
    Howdy, fellow Speccists! It's been what, 15 years since the last time I posted here?

    Anyway, I heard about a "The Spectrum" (hardware replica of the Sinclair
    ZX Spectrum), and I wondered if anybody here knew anything about it. Is
    it "official"? Is it any good? Has anybody seen/touched a prototype?

    It's being made by Retro Games Ltd, who previously released the C64 Mini
    and Amiga 500 Mini, among others. So the hardware and the bundled
    licensed games are legit, although they obviously don't get the license
    to use the trademarks "Sinclair" or "ZX Spectrum".

    However, two of the people heading up Retro Games Ltd are Paul Andrews
    and Chris Smith. They were previously directors of Retro Computers Ltd,
    which was responsible for the ill-fated Spectrum Vega. So take that as
    you will.

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  • From il biggo@21:1/5 to com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat on Sun Sep 1 21:38:32 2024
    On 1 Sep 2024 at 17:43:00 CEST, "Calum"
    <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> wrote:

    On 30/08/2024 11:41, il biggo wrote:
    Howdy, fellow Speccists! It's been what, 15 years since the last time I
    posted here?

    Anyway, I heard about a "The Spectrum" (hardware replica of the Sinclair
    ZX Spectrum), and I wondered if anybody here knew anything about it. Is
    it "official"? Is it any good? Has anybody seen/touched a prototype?

    It's being made by Retro Games Ltd, who previously released the C64 Mini
    and Amiga 500 Mini, among others. So the hardware and the bundled
    licensed games are legit, although they obviously don't get the license
    to use the trademarks "Sinclair" or "ZX Spectrum".

    So, semi-official. Good, it's not some kid in daddy's garage :D

    However, two of the people heading up Retro Games Ltd are Paul Andrews
    and Chris Smith. They were previously directors of Retro Computers Ltd,
    which was responsible for the ill-fated Spectrum Vega. So take that as
    you will.

    It would be fun buying my last Speccy 41 years after my first one. If it
    gets actually finished and marketed, I'm probably going to get it.

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    | | o | | o | o | o | | Awesomeness! http://youtube.com/ilbiggo
    | |___|_|__ |__ |___| | More of it! http://soundcloud.com/ilbiggo
    | ___|___| | * Audi famam illius.

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