Home computers in early 80s Britain were pretty rare, and quite expensive. The relatively cheap ZX Spectrum changed that, bringing a splash of color to a monochrome landscape, a bunch of easy-load ...

A perk of writing for Hackaday comes in the vast breadth of experience represented by our fellow writers. Through our colleague [Voja Antonić] for example we’ve gained an unparalleled insight into the ...

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is something of a legend in computing circles, as it was one of the very first reasonably priced home computers on which it was possible to actually do interesting stuff. By ...

The PicoZX is a unique handheld emulator for the ZX Spectrum, a home computer popular in the 1980s. It is powered using a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller and features a 2.8″ IPS display. The PicoZX ...

If you missed out on the first crowdfunding campaign for the ZX Spectrum Next computer, you’ll be pleased to know that a new Kickstarter campaign has launched this week for the latest ZX Spectrum Next ...

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It may have been startlingly modern once, but at 30, the Sinclair Spectrum is as close in time to the world's first commercial computers of the 50s as it is to the latest iPad. It's doing rather ...

The Spectrum ZX Next Issue 3 can be pre-ordered for 345 euros and can also be turned into a C64 and Schneider CPC by means of programmable circuits. By using the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) ...

It’s not a good time to be a backer of the crowdfunded Sinclair ZX Vega retro console. After raising a record sum on Indiegogo, a long series of broken promises and missed dates, and a final loss of ...