ZX Spectrum Articles

Magazine Reviews

Full reviews found in computer magazines.

Title Description Date
Review - "Sinclair Lays a Golden Egg" First review of the Spectrum 16K and 48K from Personal Computer World June 1982
Review First review of the Spectrum 16K and 48K from Sinclair User June 1982
Review First review of the Spectrum 16K and 48K from Your Computer June 1982
"Taking the Lid off the Spectrum" Review and comparison of the Spectrum 16K and 48K with ZX81 from Sinclair User July 1982
Review Review of the new ZX Spectrum 16K/48K from Electronics & Computing Monthly December 1982
Review Page 1 2 3 4 First review of the Spectrum 128K from Your Spectrum 1986
Problems with the Spectrum 128? Your Sinclair 1986
Review First review of the Spectrum +2 from Sinclair User October 1986
Plus 3, Minus Tape Review of the Spectrum +3 in Personal Computer World 1987
Too Little, Too Late, Too Dear? Review of the Spectrum +3 in Sinclair User July 1987
DivMMC EnJOY! review A user review of the SD card interface for the ZX Spectrum by Ben Versteeg. February 2014

 

General Articles

Miscellaneous articles relating to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers.

Title Description Date
Interview with Clive Sinclair From Practical Computing magazine Vol 5 Iss. 7 (July 1982)
Sinclair and the Sunrise Technology Part 1: The Spectrum of Success -
Sinclair and the Sunrise Technology Part 2: The Development of the Interfaces -
An Interview with Sir Clive Sinclair Covering 1940 to present -
Interface 2 Review Your Computer November 1983
How to Hack Article written by Jon North -
An Interview with Jon North   -
A Complete Guide to Creating POKEs by Richard P Swann -
List of Unreleased Games   -
The Giant list of Classic Game Programmers   -

 

In the Papers

News articles covering the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers.

Title Description Date
Spectrums six weeks late News article from Sinclair User. August 1982
Sales of shares may raise £10M News article from Sinclair User. August 1982
Knighthood for Clive Sinclair A news article in Sinclair User. August 1983
Timex reveals upgrade plans A news article in Sinclair User. August 1983
Some surprises in the Microdrive A news article in Sinclair User. September 1983
Sinclair Launches Interface 2 An article from Popular Computing Weekly 4th-10th October 1983
Contest is broadcast over the radio waves A news article in Sinclair User. October 1983
ULA is changed A news article in Sinclair User. October 1983
Spectrum sales hit 500,000 A news article in Sinclair User. October 1983
Sinclair profits greater than £14m A news article in Sinclair User. November 1983
Two Say: We're No.1 An article from Home Computer Weekly 29th Nov-5th Dec 1983
Selling method of Microdrives unfair A news article in Sinclair User. November 1983
Change in ULA hits software A news article in Sinclair User. November 1983
Sinclair ROM An article from Popular Computing Weekly 15th March 1984
ZX Units in Shops An article from Popular Computing Weekly 29th March 1984
The End of the ZX Printer An article from Popular Computing Weekly 10th-17th May 1984
New Tape Drive Storage System An article from Popular Computing Weekly 28th June-4th July 1984
Sinclair Pandora announced News article from Computer Business Review announcing new portable.. Feb 1987
Cambridge Z88 finds favour News article from Computer Business Review announcing Which? report of the Z88. Feb 1987
Cambridge Z88 manufacturer announced News article from Computer Business Review announcing the manufacturer of their Z88. July 1987
Cambridge Z88 ready News article from Computer Business Review announcing the Z88 will be on sale shortly August 1987
Cambridge Z88 manufacture switched News article from Computer Business Review announcing a change in the manufacturer of their Z88. September 1987
Cambridge add to their distribution network News article from Computer Business Review announcing two new distributors October 1987
Sinclair US Reseller Announced News article from Computer Business Review announcing new arm in the USA. April 1988
Sinclair US Reseller Setup News article from Computer Business Review announcing new arm in the USA. May 1988
Cambridge cuts Z88 prices News article from Computer Business Review announcing new prices for the Z88. March 1989
Sinclair working on 250MIPS RISC processor News article from Computer Business Review announcing new research from Sinclair. June 1989
Amstrad announces Sinclair PC200 News article from Computer Business Review announcing the introduction of the Sinclair-branded PC200. October 1989
Cambridge announces IBM-compatible Portable News article from Computer Business Review announcing the introduction of a new portable November 1989
New Z80-based computers announced News article from Computer Business Review announcing the introduction of 3 new