YEAR: 1982
INITIAL PRICE: £175, £566 in 2020
The ZX Spectrum (UK: /zɛd ɛks ˈspɛktrəm/) is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research. It was manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, in the now closed Timex factory.
1982 ZX Spectrum
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| Developer | Sinclair Research |
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| Manufacturer | Timex Corporation |
| Type | Home computer |
| Generation | 8-bit |
| Release date | United Kingdom: 23 April 1982 |
| Retail availability | 1982–1992 |
| Discontinued | 1992 |
| Units sold | 5 million (not including clones) |
| Media | Cassette tape, 3-inch floppy disk on Spectrum +3 |
| Operating system | Sinclair BASIC |
| CPU | Z80 @ 3.5 MHz and equivalent |
| Memory | 16 KB / 48 KB / 128 KB |
| Predecessor | ZX81 |
| Successor | QL |
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