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ZX Spectrum fans might be interested in a new project which has been published by shred.zone documenting the process of making a modern replica of the British ZX Spectrum 8-bit personal computer.

New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Researchers have built a computer from scratch without silicon, a "milestone" in showing that it is possible to one day replace the material that fuelled the bulk of technology ...

My first computer was a ZX Spectrum, with all of 48 kilobytes of RAM, and as long as it lasted I obsessively typed in BASIC programs to see what I could get it to do. It was powerful (at least to a ...

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