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Sinclair Spectrum Hardware Index
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TOTAL ITEMS = 322
LAST UPDATE = 4th Oct 97
What Is It ?
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Well, read the title !
This is an attempt to catalogue as many hardware add ons for the
ZX Spectrum as possible. Not many, you may think... think again...
Having flicked through just one issue of Sinclair User (Oct 83) I found
no fewer than 48 items available from various companies... and so began
this list. Many will be familiar to Spectrum freaks out there, like the
Fuller Box and Kempston Interface, but how many of you remember the
Minocron ?
Before you continue and read this list, please read the info below, as
several things are explained that may stop you E-mailing me with
complaints. ;-)
Where can I get the latest Index from ?
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The latest version of the Spectrum Hardware Index, along with features,
reviews and pictures, can be obtained from my web page.
The Spectrum Hardware Page - www.xsite.ltd.uk/pj/index.html
Why No Joysticks ?
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There a few joysticks mentioned, but only those that are different from the
average 'stick & two button' jobs. Sticks like the Trickstick or JE Lazor
deserve a mention becaue of the new approach they took. Standard joysticks
must number in the hundreds, with so many variations, it would be very hard
if not impossible to catalogue. If anyone want to have a go, then please do.
Entries:
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Here is a brief description of the index:
NAME: Pretty self explanitory really. This holds the name of the
product and usualy the manufacturer as well. For
example the
Fuller Box can be found under 'F' and not 'B' because the
advert the entry was taken from advertised 'The Fuller
Box'.
MANUFACTURER: Another self explanitary one. This will hold the actual
maker of the unit. (not the re-seller) Several items have
been seen in other companies ads, but to my knowledge,
this
index only holds the original manufacturers.
If you know better... E-mail me.
PRICE: The price is including vat (15%) in those days, and is not
the 'bargin' price offered in later adverts. It should
give
a good representation of the price for the newly
advertised
product.
BLURB: Here you find information and/or advertising blurb used in
the adverts. Don't blame me for the corny stuff here !
Paragraphs in quotes are direct translations of the actual
text appearing in adverts or reviews.
SOURCE: This will list the source of the advert, usually a
magazine.
Obviously there are other adverts in other magazines
at other
times, but at least this provides a means to validate the
entries.
Corrections/Additions
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If you have any correction or additions to this list, please e-mail me at..
pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
and include where you attainded the information (magazine, issue, date,
page..)
THE SPECTRUM HARDWRAE INDEX
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Name: Abacus Conroller
Manufacturer: Abacus Electronics
Price: £14.95
Blurb: Single switch selection for Load/Save/Amp.
Built-in amplifier and loudspeaker boosts
Spectrum sound output.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Adam Adaptor
Manufacturer: Stephen Adams
Price: £9.00
Blurb: Allows you add any Sinclair compatible RAM pack
to your 16k Spectrum.
Source: ZX Computing Jan 84
Name: Adam II Adaptor
Manufacturer: Stephen Adams
Price: £9.00
Blurb: Updated Adam adaptor allowing 2 devices to be used at
the same time. (including any ZX81 interface that uses
0-16k section of the ZX81's memory map)
Source: ZX Computing July 83
Name: ADC8 (Analogue relay switch interface)
Manufacturer: Harley Systems Ltd.
Price: 50.00
Blurb: Input sensitive from 0-10 mV to 0-5V.
8 channels. 40,000 readings per second in machine code.
Ideal for data capture & consequencing, control and games.
Monitor most variables without needing an amplifier.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Addpac Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Addpac Electronics
Price: £18.99
Blurb: Standard joystick interface
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: ADS Printer Interface
Manufacturer: Advanced Digital Systems Ltd.
Price: £34.50
Blurb: Centronics printer interface. Supports all print commands
such as LPRINT and LLIST. Loadable software gives standard
text prints and hi-res dumps.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 2
Name: AGF Joystick Interface II
Manufacturer: AGF
Price: 15.95
Blurb: Proven cursor key simulation for maximum software
support. Second joystick facility. Through connector
for other peripherals. Optional tape available to
convert non-cursor games to work on the interface.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: AGF Programmable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: AGF
Price: 33.95
Blurb: Programmable - gives total software support.
Rear pass-thru port. Select which keys you want to
use, then look up the code on the supplied chart and
clip a pair of leads into the interface.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: AGF Protocol 4
Manufacturer: AGF
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Programmable joystick interface. Supports AGF, Sinclair,
Cursor, Protek and Kempston. Uses 'custom cards' that
slot in and 'program' the interface. Cards can be set up
by the user.
Source; Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: AGF Ramslot
Manufacturer: AGF
Price: £9.95
Blurb: Allows the use of 'cartridge' games that are used
with the Sinclair Interface 2.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: AGF Teletext Adaptor
Manufacturer: AGF
Price: £79.95
Blurb: Receive teltext and telesoftware. Save screens to tape
for later viewing. Download software. Includes a
through connector.
Source: Your Sinclair Apr 86
Name: Alphacom 32 Printer
Manufacturer: Dean Electronics Ltd.
Price: £99.95
Blurb: Obeys standard Spectrum commands. 120 lines per min.
Includes PSU and interface. Through port.
Size=7.25in x 3.5in x 3.5in.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Amplifier
Manufacturer: Magenta Electronics Ltd.
Price: 6.98
Blurb: 250mW output via built in speaker. Volume control.
Source: Sinclair User Sep 83
Name: AMX Mouse
Manufacturer: Advanced Memory Systems
Price: £79.95
Blurb: Three button mouse, interface and software.
Usually supplied with, or as part of
OCP Art Studio.
Source: Your Sinclair Apr 86
Name: AY Interface
Manufacturer: Stavi
Price: £ unknown
Blurb: 128k sound (in stereo) on the 48k machines.
Source: Komputer Magazine (Polish) 1986
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Name: Basicare Persona
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £45.00
Blurb: Initial interface for the 'Tower Of Power' See below.
Once the interface was connected, you could then add
any of the other items.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare RAM 16
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £26.75
Blurb: 16k Ram upgarde.
(needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare RAM 64
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £76.25
Blurb: 64k Ram upgarde.
(needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare MiniMap
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £35.95
Blurb: Memory mapping module.
(needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare Drom (2k)
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £39.50
Blurb: Battery backed Non-volatile memory for storing
programs quickly.
(needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare Toolkit
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £22.20
Blurb: Takes up to 8k of Eproms/Roms
(needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare Pericon a
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £27.90
Blurb: General purpose, user-programmable device providing
24 lines of input/output.
(needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare Pericon b
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £33.75
Blurb: Heavey duty, user-programmable device to control the
outside world.
(needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare Pericon c
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £41.75
Blurb: Centronics printer interface.
(needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Basicare Sonus
Manufacturer: Basicare Micro Systems
Price: £30.15
Blurb: Sound synthesiser. (needs Persona interface)
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Battpack
Manufacturer: Adaptors & Eliminators Ltd
Price: £13.95
Blurb: Protect your programs with this rechargeable, Ni-Cad
battery pack and transient suppressor. Keeps the power
at 9v, even if the mains goes off. Is able to run your
Spectrum for 30 minutes.
Source: ZX Computing Oct/Nov 83
Name: BEEP Amp
Manufacturer: Hypnotech
Price: £23.95
Blurb: Spectrum amplifier. 8 watt amp with 10 watt woofer.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Beta 128 Disk Interface
Manufacturer: Technology Research Ltd.
Price: £69.95
Blurb: Disk controller with snapshot button to save your programs
to disk. Supports both 3.5 and 5.25" drives giving up to
2mb storage.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Beta + Interface
Manufacturer: Technology Research Ltd.
Price: £249.75 (with disk drive)
Blurb: Disk interface that supports single or double
density drives. Operating system on Eprom.
Supports 3.5 or 5.25" drives. Runs up to 4
drives.
Source: Sinclair User Jan 85
Name: Big Ears
Manufacturer: William Stuart Systems
Price: £49.00
Blurb: Speech regognition interface.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Bloprom
Manufacturer: Camel Products
Price: £89.95
Blurb: Eprom programmer. Supports 2516,2716/32/32a/
64/64a/28/128a, intel 74a/128a.
Source: Sinclair User Jan 85
Name: Byte Box 1
Manufacturer: Micha Design
Price: £97.75
Blurb: 4 relays, 1 ADC up to 5 channels, 1 DAC (adjustable)
1 Input port, 1 Output port, 1 Joystick port.
All in one box.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Byte Box 2
Manufacturer: Micha Design
Price: £137.50
Blurb: 8 Relays, 2 ADC's up to 10 channels, 1 DAC (adjustable)
2 Input ports, 2 Output ports, 2 Joystick ports.
All in one box.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Byte Drive 500
Manufacturer: ITL & Tyrell Systems
Price: £305.50
Blurb: 440k storage via 3inch single sided, double density drive.
220k in 11 sectors per side. Access time of arouns 3ms.
Interface built into cable includes ULA, 16k ROM and
controller chip.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Note: They planned a double sided version of this unit, anyone
know if it ever appeared ?
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Name: Cambridge Intelligent Joystick
Manufacturer: Cambridge Computing
Price: £7.00
Blurb: At last a joystick that works !
Cambridge Computing brings you the first programmable
joystick at a price you can afford.
(requires interface & tape)
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Cambridge Intelligent Interface
Manufacturer: Cambridge Computing
Price: £24.00
Blurb: (includes tape) 1k on board memory. Own rear edge
connector for printers. Compatible with all standard
joysticks.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Centronics Interface
Manufacturer: Advanced Digital Systems
Price: £34.50
Blurb: Supports all printer commands
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Chatterbox
Manufacturer: William Stuart Systems
Price: £49.00
Blurb: Speech synthesis interface.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Cheetah 32k Ram Pack
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing Ltd.
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Simply plugs into the rear connector and gives full 48k.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Cheetah Defender Light Gun
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing Ltd.
Price: £24.95
Blurb: Now you can fire a plastic gun at the telly !
Includes several games like Bronx Street Cop and Billy
the Kid.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 89
Name: Cheetah Hi-Stak Feet
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing Ltd.
Price: £2.99
Blurb: Angled plastic feet for your Spectrum.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: Cheetah Megasound
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing Ltd.
Price: £10.95
Blurb: Amplifies your sound via the TV speaker.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: Cheetah Midi Interface
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing Ltd.
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Midi in/out/through. Midi delay. Control any midi instrument.
Forward & reverse sequenc playback.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Cheetah RAT
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing ltd.
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Remote Action Transmitter. Infra red game pad that
can be used for games. Kempston compatible.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: Cheetah Specdrum
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing Ltd.
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Digital drum system for your Spectrum. 8 digital drum sounds.
True digital drum machine. Extra sounds can be loaded
from tape.
Real time or on-screen programming. Store over 1000 rythms.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Cheetah Sweet Talker
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing Ltd.
Price: £29.75
Blurb: Make your Spectrum talk !
Allophone based system.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Chroma 1 Monitor
Manufacturer: Chromagraphica
Price: £249.95 (extra £17.50 for sound)(£28.95 for Speccy converter)
Blurb: High res 14" colour monitor (585x895)
Source: Sinclair User June 86
Name: Clive Drive, The
Manufacturer: Video Vault Ltd.
Price: £59.95
Blurb: Disk and printer interface. Built in back-up tool.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 89
Name: Co-Der
Manufacturer: Jiles Electronics
Price: £99.95
Blurb: Allows tape to tape copying by connecting two recorders
to the unit.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Cobra RS232 Interface
Manufacturer: Cobra Technology Ltd
Price: £26.85
Blurb: Standard RS232 interface.
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 83
Name: Comcon Programmable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Frel Ltd.
Price: £17.95
Blurb: Programmable joystick interface for the Spectrum.
Source: Crash 4 (may 84)
Name: Comcon Twin
Manufacturer: Frel Ltd.
Price: £22.95
Blurb: Twin version of the Comcon Programmable.
Source: Sinclair User Jun 86
Name: Computilt Stand
Manufacturer: Computer Add-ons
Price: £4.50
Blurb: Designed to tilt your Spectrum to a better working position.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Cool-It Unit
Manufacturer: Kelwood Computer Cases
Price: £11.85
Blurb: Takes the heat out of your Spectrum. Lets your machine run
cooler.
Source: ZX Computing Feb/Mar 84
Name: CP48
Manufacturer: Citadel Products
Price: £23.95
Blurb: Internal ram upgrade for your Spectrum. Gives 48k.
Source: ZX Computing Jun/Jul 83
Name: Currah MicroSlot
Manufacturer: Currah Computer Components
Price: £14.95
Blurb: Splits your expansiion bus into two allowing two peripherals
to be fitted at once.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Currah MicroSource
Manufacturer: Currah Computer Components
Price: £44.50
Blurb: FORTH and Assembler cartridge with debug.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Currah MicroSpeech Unit
Manufacturer: Currah Computer Components
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Speech synthesis box using the SP0256-AL2 speech processor.
Outputs sound via the TV.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
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Name: Datafax Disk System
Manufacturer: Datafax
Price: £245.00
Burb: Interface supports 3 and 5.25 drives. up to 200k storage.
External DOS uses 8k of memory. Built-in reset button.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 8
Note: This interface was used in the Statacom Disk System.
Name: Datapen
Manufacturer: Datapen Microtechnology Ltd.
Price: £29.00
Blurb: Lightpen system. Draw direct to screen.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: DataSpectrum
Manufacturer: Miracle Technology
Price: £47.09
Blurb: Interface to connect a modem to your Spectrum.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 18
Name: Data Director
Manufacturer: Hirst Electronics
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Transforms the task of loading and saving from a chore to
a delight.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 18
Name: Datamate
Manufacturer: Procomm Systems
Price: £??? (no price.. just an advert !)
Blurb: Cure Load/Save problems with this easy to use unit. Also
includes a 'beep' ampliphier.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Datel Demagnetiser
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £9.99
Blurb: Loading problems ? Your tape heads may need demagnetising.
Its a cleaner and demagnetiser built into a cassette.
Source: Your Sinclair Aug 88
Name: Datel Digital Sound
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £49.99
Blurb: Digital sampling technology on your Spectrum.
8bit sampling and playback of any sound.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Datel Games Ace
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £10.99
Blurb: Allows any 9 pin joystick to be used with the Spectrum.
Puts sound through TV speaker.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 88
Name: Datel Genius Mouse
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: 49.99
Blurb: High resolution, two button mouse. Complete with
interface and OCP Art Studio software.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 89
Name: Datel Inter Printer
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £34.99
Blurb: Centronics printer interface.
Source: Crash 11 (Dec 84)
Name: Datel Lightwriter
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £16.99
Blurb: Create superb graphics with this lightpen.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Datel Ramprint
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £34.99
Blurb: The ultimate printer interface with built-in
word processor. Works with any standard centronics
printers.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 89
Name: Datel Robotarm
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £49.99
Blurb: Full function 5 axis movement. Includes standard grip
jaw, magnetic finger, Shovel attachment and stabilising
legs.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 88
Name: Datel Robo Tek
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £29.99
Blurb: Robotics and model controller.
Source: Crash 11 (dec 84)
Name: Datel Snapshot
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £29.99
Blurb: Transfer all your programs to microdrive or disk at the
touch of a button.
Source: Your Sinclair Oct 86
Name: Datel Switchable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £19.99
Blurb: Switches between Kempston, cursor and Interface 2 types.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Datel Turbo Ace
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £22.99
Blurb: Switchable joystick interface with sound booster.
Source: Crash 11 (Dec 84)
Name: Datel Vox Box
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £29.99
Blurb: Speech synthesizer with built in joystick interface.
Uses allophone system. Sound output via TV speaker.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Delta 128
Manufacturer: Technology Research Ltd.
Price: £199.50
Blurb: Same as the Delta Disk Interface, but with the
added 128k memory.
Source: Sinclair User June 86
Name: Delta Disk Interface
Manufacurer: Technology Research Ltd.
Price: £129.50
Blurb: Disk interface that supports 3.5 and 5.25 drives.
Built-in centronics port. Built-in memory option,
allows up to 128k to be added.
Source: Sinclair User June 86
Name: Delta-Ram Kit
Manufacturer: Delta Research Ltd.
Price: £33.00(issue 1). £26.00 (issue 2)
Blurb: Easy to install.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Desktop Console
Manufacturer: Computerlock
Price: £22.00
Blurb: TV/Monitor stand that incooparates your Spectrum, PSU and
tape.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Digit
Manufacturer: Frel Ltd.
Price: £9.50
Blurb: Keyboard enhancer for Spectrum Plus.
Replaces the rubber membrane with a tactile feeling
alternative.
Source: Sinclair User June 86
Name: Disciple Interface
Manufacturer: Rockford Products (designed by Miles Gordon Technology)
Price: £86.59
Blurb: Disk interface allows up to 16mb of storage on 2 drives.
Loads full 48k program in 3.5 seconds. Compatible with
any standard drive, double or single density. Snapshot
button to save your programs to disk. Printer interface.
Dual joystick ports. (Sinclair/Kempston). Networking
feature to allow the Disciple to act as file server for
upto 64 other Spectrums.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: DK'tronics 3 Channel Sound Synthesiser
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Incorporates a Beep amplifier and 3 channel sound
synthesiser.
"The 3 channel sound synthesiser adds a totally new
dimension to sound on your Spectrum. It allows you to
program your own music with harmonies, explosions, zaps,
chimes, whistles and an infinite range of other sounds
over 8 octaves. Based on the popular AY-3-8912 sound chip
it gives you complete control (from Basic or M/C) over
3 channels of tone/or white noise, plus envelope and
volume control. It comes with its own pod mounted 4inch
speaker."
Source: Sinclair User Dec 84
Name: DK'Tronics Beep Audio Amp
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £14.95
Blurb: Amplifier interface with pod mounted 4inch speaker and
volume control. Looks much like the 3 Channel Sound, but
doesn't have the sound chip.
Source: Sinclair User August 84
Name: DK'tronics Dual Port
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £13.00
Blurb: Dual port joystick interface.
"The first port simulates 6,7,8,9 & 0 keys. The second
port simulates IN(31) command" - Kempston.
Source: Your Computer March 85
Name: DK'tronics Joystick & Interface
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £22.95
Blurb: Winning is within your grasp !
Cursor & Kempston comatible.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: DK'tronics Keyboard
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £45.00
Blurb: "The DK Microdrive compatible keyboard is the best selling
keyboard in the world and is used by 10% of all Spectrum
users. It is Microdrive compatible and offers more key
functions than any other keyboard in its price range.
The stepped keys and space bar make it even easier to use.
It is constructed from high density black ABS and has 52
keys and a full width space bar. A seperate numeric keypad
of 12 red keys, including a single entry 'delete' plus
single entry decimal point, facilitate fast data entry."
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: DK'tronics Light Pen
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £19.95
Blurb: Draw in high resolution on your TV screen.
"This highly succesful Light Pen fits neatly onto the rear of
the computer. The operating software now runs faster and
supports
16 pre-defined instructions. You can change all the colours
(border, paper, ink), draw circles, arcs, boxes, lines
and insert
text onto the screen. There are also features to draw
freehand
and animate on the 48k Spectrum, you can retain and animate
5 screens. You can also use the machine code on its own
in your
own programs."
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: DK'tronics Parallel Centronics Interface
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Allows any printer with a centronics interface to be connected
to you Spectrum. Uses standard print commands.
Source: Sinclair User March 85
Name: DK'tronics Programmable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £22.95
Blurb: "Now you can run any software from any supplier with the
DK'tronics fully programmable joystick interface. It comes
complete with machine code software and can be programmed
in seconds to give full 8 directional joystick movements."
Source: Sinclair User March 85
Name: DK'tronics Spectra-Sound
Manufacturer: DK'tronics
Price: £9.95
Blurb: Fully amplied sound via your TV.
Fits inside your Spectrum.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Doodler Lightpen
Manufacturer: F E Electronics
Price: £29.90
Blurb: Create electronic art on your TV screen.
Source: Your Sinclair issue 1 Jan 86
Name: Downsway Programable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Downsway Electronics
Price: £22.95
Blurb: Simply move the stick and press the appropriate key to
program.
Source: ZX Computing Feb/Mar 84
Name: Doubler Mk.II
Manufacturer: Evesham Micro Centre
Price: £14.95
Blurb: Back up any program on the Spectrum.
Requires 2 tape decks.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
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Name: Echo Amplifier
Manufacturer: HCCS (Home and Continental Computer Services Ltd.)
Price: £25.95
Blurb: 5 Wats. 6inch speaker. Volume & tone controls.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 86
Name: Echo Keyboard
Manufacturer: HCCS
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Music keyboard (as in piano). Software to create your own
sounds.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 86
Name: Electrotech Joystick Programmer
Manufacturer: Electrotech
Price: £43.70
Blurb: Programmable joystick interface and large black 'controller'
consisting of three buttons. 2k ram board stores key-press
info & feed the interface.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 97
Name: Eider Systems Pro Keyboard
Manufacturer: Eidersoft
Price: £76.38
Blurb: 67 full travel keys. on/off switch. Reset button.
LED indicators. Factory fitted.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Eider Switch
Manufacturer: Eidersoft
Price: £4.90
Blurb: On/off switch. Saves wear & tear.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: EPROM Board
Manufacturer: Eprom Services
Price: £19.00
Blurb: 8 or 2k EPROMS.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Eprom Programmer
Manufacturer: Eprom Services
Price: £54.95
Blurb: Eprom programmer that can handle intel eproms.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 2
Name: Eureka Monitor
Manufacturer: Domark
Price: under £250 (that's what the ad said !)
Blurb: Medium res monitor with sound output.
Screen zoom facility.
Source: Your Sinclair May 86
Name: Eve Adaptor
Manufacturer: Stephen Adams
Price: £9.00
Blurb: Allows the Spectrum 48k to use the peripherals of the ZX81
as long as the devices operate in the 0-16k section of
the ZX81's memoery map.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
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Name: FDC-1 Mk2
Manufacturer: Technology Research Ltd.
Price: £85.00 interface, £185.00 disk drive
Blurb: Disk opperating system in ROM. 100k capacity.
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 84
Name: FDD 3000
Manufacturer: Timex
Price: ??
Blurb: Add on unit containing alot of stuff !
2 3" drive slots, built-in PSU, 2 RS232 ports, 64k Ram.
Documentation supplied also mentions ULS'a and a Z80,
along with built-in OS called TOS (Timex Operating System).
Uses Microdrive-type syntax and can also be used to run
CP/M.
Other versions available from Unipolbrit and Stavi.
Source: ??
Name: Forth
Manufacturer: David Husband
Price: £69.32
Blurb: Forth on ROM cartridge. The cartridge switches out the
Spectrum BASIC ROM and replaces it with its own 12k
ROM which includes FORTH, Z80 assembler and terminal
software. The card also has a RS232 port (via 8251 chip),
24bit parallel (via 8255 chip).
Source: ZX Computing Dec/Jan 84
Name: Fox Programmable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Fox Electronics Ltd.
Price: £20.99
Blurb: Total compatibility with all games.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Fox Upgrade Kit (16-48k)
Manufacturer: Fox Electronics
Price: £21.00 (issue 2 machines only)
Blurb: High quality kit at a low price.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Flight Deck Joystick.
Manufacturer: EEC Ltd.
Price: £9.95
Blurb: At last, a joytisck that needs no interface.
Sits on top of the Spectrum over the cursor keys.
Opperates all the cursor keys.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Floyd 40
Manufacturer: Floyd
Price: £79.95
Blurb: Printer. 32 or 40 character printing. Inverse.
Double width/height. Firmware software.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Friendly Face
Manufacturer: Monitor
Price: £12.95
Blurb: Tape transfer cartridge for Microdrive.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 8
Name: Fuller Box
Manufacturer: Fuller Micro Systems
Price: £29.95
Blurb: The sound system for the Spectrum.
Bult-in audio amp. Based on the G1-AY-3-8912 sound chip.
Allows you to program a vast range of sounds for your
Spectrum.
3 channels. Includes joystick port. Through ports.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Fuller Centronics Interface
Manufacturer: Fuller Micro Systems
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Standard centronics printer interface.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Fuller Dual Interface
Manufacturer: Fuller Micro Systems
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Centronics and RS232 interface in one unit.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Fuller FDS Desktop System.
Manufacturer: Fuller Micro Systems
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Elegant system designed for professional use. Includes
full travel
keyboard based on the FD42.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Fuller FD42 Keyboard
Manufacturer: Fuller Micro Systems.
Price: 29.95
Blurb: 42 key full travel keyboard.
No soldering required.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Fuller Master Unit
Manufacturer: Fuller Micro Systems
Price: £54.95
Blurb: Contains both the Fuller Unit and Orator in the same box.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Fuller Orator - Speech Synthesis
Manufacturer: Fuller Micro Systems.
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Uses allophone system to produce speech.
Based on the G1-SP0256 AL voice chip.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Fuller RS232 Interface
Manufacturer: Fuller Micro Systems
Price: £34.95
Blurb: Rom based software.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Furguson MA20 Monitor Interface
Manufacturer: Furguson
Price: £?
Blurb: Interface to allow monitors to be attached to your
Spectrum. (possibly only the Furguson MC01TV/Monitor)
Picture adjust and sound via tv/mon.
Source: ZX Computing August 85
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Name: Gamestar Cable Box
Manufacturer: Cable Interactive Services
Price: £ ???
Blurb: Small box about the same size as a VTX, that plugs into
the cable network and allows you to download software.
Not much info on either the box, or the service ??
News article in Crash 4 (May 84)
Source: Crash issue 4 (May 84)
Name: Grafpad
Manufacturer: British Micro
Price: £143.75
Blurb: Drawing into the future.
Graphics pad complete with light pen and software.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
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Name: Haven I/O
Manufacturer: Haven Hardware
Price: £16.95
Blurb: I/O ports. 8 input and 8 outputs.
Source: ZX Computing Dec/Jan 84
Name: Heart Rate Monitor
Manufacturer: Magenta Electronics Ltd.
Price: £29.98
Blurb: Monitor your heart rate via your finger tips. Place
fingers over pads and the unit will do the rest.
Source: Sinclair User Sep 83
Name: Hilderbay Interface
Manufacturer: Helderbay Ltd
Price: £45.00
Blurb: Centronics printer interface with software.
Supports all printer commands.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: HyperShot
Manufacturer: Konami Ltd.
Price: £9.95
Blurb: Joypad with twin button. Aimed at sports sims like Hypersports
it has buttons similar to the arcade machine.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 18
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Name: Interface 007
Manufacturer: G.A. Bobker
Price: £34.95
Blurb: Back-up interface with built in joystick port.
Source: Your Sinclair May 86
Name: Interface I
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Price: £49.95(seperate). £29.95(with Microdrive)
Blurb: Controls up to 7 Microdrives. Built-in RS232 interface.
Network up to 64 Spectrums.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Interface II
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Price: £19.05
Blurb: Rom cartridge interface wih twin joystick ports.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Interface III
Manufacturer: Evesham Micro Centre
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Transfers every program to microdrive. Snashot anything
in memory and dump to drive.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: Interspec
Manufacturer: DCP Microdevelopments
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Multi port exspansion. Includes;
8bit TTL input, 8bit TTL output, 8 channel digital/analogue
converter.
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 83
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Name: J.E. Lazor
Manufacturer: J. English Electronics
Price: £17.99
Blurb: Touch sensitive joystick. Solid state switching.
Source: Your Sinclair Feb 86
Name: Jiles III Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Jiles Electronics
Price: £13.95
Blurb: Supports Kempston, Cursor and Psion via moveable peg.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Joystick Interface (no offical name)
Manufacturer: Interceptor Micros
Price: £15.95
Blurb: Allows standard Atari type joystick to be used.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: JRS Programmable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: JRS Software
Price: £22.50
Blurb: Use your joystick with all your favourite software.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
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Name: Kappa Keyboard
Manufacturer: Kappa Keyboards
Price: £48.00
Blurb: Replaces the top of your Spectrum with a better keyboard.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 8
Name: Kayde Standard Keyboard
Manufacturer: Kayde Electronic Services Ltd.
Price: £30.00
Blurb: Full travel keys.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Kayde Super Plug-in Keyboard
Manufacturer: Kayde Electronic Services Ltd.
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Plugs into the user port.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Kayde Deluxe Keyboard
Manufacturer: Kayde Electronics Services Ltd.
Price: £45.00
Blurb: Computer fits inside. Full sized space bar.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Kayde 32k Ram Pack
Manufacturer: Kayde Electronic Services Ltd.
Price: £35.95
Blurb: Plugs into rear port and gives full 48k.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Kayde Light Pen
Manufacturer: Kayde Electronic Services Ltd.
Price: £19.95
Blurb: Create pictures on your screen.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Kayde Sound Module
Manufacturer: Kayde Electronic Services Ltd
Price: £9.95
Blurb: Fits inside your Spectrum and outputs the sound
to your TV.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Kelwood K-Board
Manufacturer: Kelwood Computing Cases
Price: £28.50
Blurb: Small keyboard that fits over the top of the original
Spectrum case.
Source: Crash 7 (Aug 84)
Name: Kelwood Power Base
Manufacturer: Kelwood Computer Cases
Price: £13.50
Blurb: On/Off switch. Load/Save switch. Angled case.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Kelwood Sound Base
Manufacturer: Kelwood Computer Cases
Price: £19.95
Blurb: All features of the Kelwood Power Base but with
built in variable sound amplifier.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Kelwood (almost) Wireless Workstation
Manufacturer: Kelwood Computer Cases
Price: £49.00
Blurb: Mains On/Off switch. 4x13 amp sockets inside.
All wires stow away. Carry handle.
Accessories include;
Powerbase (£11.00). Legs (£11.00)
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Kempston Joystick interface
Manufacturer: Kempston Micro Electronics
Price: £15.00
Blurb: Compatible with many games including AstroBlaster, Cyber Rats
Frenzy, Pssst, JetPac, Slippery Sid and others.
Conversion tapes available to convert games to run with this
interface.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Kempston Interface E
Manufacturer: Kempston Micro Electronics
Price: £55.00
Blurb: Centronics printer interface for your Spectrum.
Fully supports all standard print commands.
Onboard EPROM holds all opperating code.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Kempston Interface S
Manufacturer: Kempston Micro Electronics
Price: £39.99
Blurb: Same as the E version but without the on board EPROM
so all controls will have to be loaded before use.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Kempston Mouse
Manufacturer: Kempston Micro Electronics Ltd
Price: £69.95
Blurb: Two button mouse and interface.
Source: Your Sinclair Jun 86
Name: Kempston Pro Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Kempston Micro Electronics Ltd
Price: £19.95
Blurb: 3 joystick ports that support Kempston, Cursor and Sinclair.
Rom cartridge slot for ROM games.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 8
Name: Kempston Tri-State Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Kempston Micro Electronics Ltd
Price: £12.95
Blurb: ?? Possibly a joystick port that supports three type of stick.
Source: Your Sinclair Feb 87
Name: Keypanel Kits
Manufacturer: Softeach Limited
Price: £3.95 (+p&p) (for 10)
Blurb: Put everything you need on the keyboard with a custom
Keypanel Kit. At last, an end to keyboard fumble.
A must for all multikey games.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Konix Liberator
Manufacturer: Konix Computer Products
Price: £34.95
Blurb: 10 function interface. Oooo ! lets list em...
Centronics port, RS232 port, Sound via TV, Slow motion,
Video port, Joystick port, Reset button, Through port,
Save/load switch and power indicator..
Source: Your Sinclair Feb 86
Name: Konix Preditor
Manufacturer: Konix Computer Products
Price: £18.99
Blurb: Twin joystick port supporting all joystick types.
Sound output to TV. Video (comp) port out.
Source: Your Sinclair Mar 86
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Name: Level-Vu Prism
Manufacturer: Computer Add-ons
Price: £3.99
Blurb: See your tape counter without having to lean forward !
Magnifies your counter.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: LMT 68FX2 Keyboard
Manufacturer: LMT Computers Ltd.
Price: £39.95
Blurb: 68 full travel keyboard with numeric pad.
Source: Your Sinclair Feb 86
Name: LMT SPD1
Manufacturer: LMT Computers Ltd.
Price: £89.95
Blurb: Disk and printer interface. Includes snapshot button.
Source: Your Sinclair Feb 86
Name: Loadmaster
Manufacturer: Probemaster Ltd
Price: £11.49
Blurb: LED meter for signal strength. Fits between the cassette
and the Spectrum.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Lo Profile Professional Keyboard
Manufacturer: Advanced Memory Systems Ltd.
Price: £49.95
Blurb: 53 full travel keys in a lo-profile case. Numeric key pad.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 8
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Name: Macface
Manufacturer: ??
Price: ??
Blurb: 16k Ram,Stealth MNI freezer, turbo loader (optional)
mad monitor.
Source: ??
Name: Mancomp MO184 Keyboard
Manufacturer: Mancomp Ltd.
Price: £54.95
Blurb: Black angular keyboard with seperate numeric pad.
60 Full travel keys. Seperate numeric pad. Full
sized space bar.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Marder Battery Back Up
Manufacturer: Marder Electronics
Price: £17.99
Blurb: Battery back up for the Spectrum. 40 minutes
usage after power out. Automatic switchout.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Masterface 1B
Manufacturer: ??
Price: ??
Blurb: 8k Rom. (probably the early version of the 2B)
Source: ??
Name: Masterface 2B
Manufacturer: ??
Price: ??
Blurb: 8k Rom, Turbo loader, turbo copy, snapshot button,
monitor and poke finder.
Source: ??
Name: MB-02+ Disk Interface
Manufacturer: Sintech
Price: 310.00 DM (anyone know the £ conversion?)
Blurb: Supports both DD (840k) and HD (1.8m) drives.
Transfer rates of 25k/sec (DD) or 50k/sec(HD).
2k Eprom and 128k SRAM. Built in clock.
Supports up to 4 drives. Kempston joystick port.
Parallel port. Tape emulation system.
Uses WD2797A disk controller + Z80-DMA.
Source: FBI and Sintech's web page.
Notes: This is a new piece of hardware with continuing
development. Planned addons include a soundcard
to allow MOD files to be played, CD-Rom interface,
Modem, Video digitiser and more.
Sintech's web page: www.online.de/home/sintech
Name: ME16-48 Memory Upgrade.
Manufacturer: Computer Add-ons
Price: £20.50 (series B) £34.50 (Series A)
Blurb: Easy fitting.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: MGT PLUS D
Manufacturer: MGT (Miles Gordon Technology)
Price: £52.13
Blurb: Disk interface with snapshot button. Interface 1
compliant. Up to 780k storage. Loads 48k in 3.5 secs.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 88
Name: MGT Two Face
Manufacturer: MGT
Price: £14.74
Blurb: Interface switcher box. Allows otherwise incompatible
devices by connected together. (Opus/Beta/Microdrive)
Also includes joystick port.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 88
Name: MGT Vidi-ZX Digitiser
Manufacturer: MGT
Price: £26.04
Blurb: Video capture device.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 88
Note: This may be the same device as the 'Rombo Vidi-ZX'
Name: Microbyte Protection Unit
Manufacturer: Microbyte
Price: £13.95
Blurb: Battery back up for your Spectrum. Protects against
lost data due to power cuts.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Micro Command
Manufacturer: Orion Data
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Sensational advance in computer game technology.
You speak, the computer obeys. Easy to program
voice control. Sensitive to individual voices.
Instant response.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Microdrive
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd.
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Holds at least 85k. Loads typical 48k program in
9 seconds. (requires Interface I)
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Microframe
Manufacturer: Gordon Micro Ltd.
Price: £?? (another ad with no price !)
Blurb: A frame to hold all your exteranl bits with PSU
Source: ZX Computing August 85
Name: Microtext Keyboard
Manufacturer: Microtext UK Ltd
Price: £53.45
Blurb: Full travel keyboard with added 'joytick' keys
and a fire button.
Source: ZX Computing Dec/Jan 84
Name: Micro-Console
Manufacturer: G.Chapman Ltd.
Price: £7.50
Blurb: Holds Spectrum and Microdrive/Printer.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Micro Myte 60
Manufacturer: Micro-Myte Communications Ltd.
Price: £48.00
Blurb: Accoustic modem. 1000 baud.
Source: ZX Computing Oct/Nov 83
Name: Micro Power Add-On
Manufacturer: Micro Power
Price: £19.95
Blurb: Bring joy to your joystick !
1 standard joystick port. 2 potentiometer joystick ports.
Amplified sound. 3 channel sound generator using the
AY-3-8910 chip.
Source: Sinclair User Sep 83
Name: Micro-Tidy
Manufacturer: G.Chapmen Ltd.
Price: £22.45
Blurb: Space for your Spectrum, PSU, tape recorder & tapes.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Microvitec Cub Monitor (1431/MZ)
Manufacturer: Microvitec Ltd.
Price: Send for info.. (Arn't those adverts annoying !)
Blurb: 585x452 resolution. 18Mhz.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Midwich Interface
Manufacturer: Midwich Computer Company Ltd.
Price: £22.95
Blurb: Analogue joystick interface. Uses ZN499E A/D converter.
Movement of joystick results in signal from 0 to 255
allowing true analogue movement.
Available in kit format at £17.20
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 83
Name: Miracle WS2000 Modem
Manufacturer: Miracle Technology
Price: £154.73
Blurb: 300/300 to 1200/1200 baud.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Miracle WS3000 Modem
Manufacturer: Miracle Technology
Price: £??
Blurb: Not much. It was a press release !
Source: Your Sinclair Jun 86
Name: Miracle WS4000 Modem
Manufacturer: Mircale Technology
Price: £??
Blurb: Intelligent speed buffering. Not much as this was a press
release
and not a full advert.
Source: Your Sinclair Oct 86
Name: Mirage Microdriver
Manufacturer: Mirage Microcomputers Ltd.
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Tranfers all your programs to Microdrive at the touch of
a button. Freezes any software. Poke facility.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Monicron
Manufacturer: Macquillan Electronics
Price: 14.95
Blurb: Load programs every time via 'Vu level meter'.
Record speech with built-in microphone.
Amplify the Spectrum sound. Built-in speaker.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Morex Interface
Manufacturer: Morex Peripherals Ltd.
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Centronics and RS232 ports. Built-in word processor.
Supports all BASIC printer commands.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Morex Professional Disk System
Manufacturer: Morex Peripherals Ltd.
Price: £????
Blurb: 200k storage. 250k/sec. Self loading DOS.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 2
Name: Mukbus
Manufacturer: Microtext UK
Price: Keyboard £41.95, PSU £36.95, Card frame £36.95, Case £11.50
Blurb: All-in-one keyboard & power supply unit.
40 full travel keys.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Multiface
Manufacturer: Jelec Design Ltd.
Price: £134.50
Blurb: Multi-function interface.
16bit in or out. 8 bit byte in and out.
Digital to anologue. Analogue to digital.
Source: Sinclair User June 86
Name: Multiface 128
Manufacturer: Romantic Robot Ltd.
Price: £44.95
Blurb: For the Spectrum 128. See Multiface One.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 88
Name: Multiface One
Manufacturer: Romantic Robot Ltd
Price: £39.95
Blurb: No1. multipurpose interface for the Spectrum.
Internal 8k ROM and RAM. Fully automatic saving to
Microdrive, Wafadrive, Beta, Opus etc..
Joystick interface. Toolkit with Peek/Poke functions.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Multiface 3
Manufacturer: Romantic Robot Ltd.
Price: £44.95
Blurb: As Multiface one/128 but for the +3 machine. Allows
comercial software to be halted and copied to disk.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 88
Name: Multiprint
Manufacturer: Romantic Robot Ltd.
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Printer interface with built-in software and freeze button.
Fully compatible with all ZX commands. Compatable with all
Spectrums except +2 and +2a. 8k ROM includes Multi-toolkit
with tools to view frozen programs. 8k RAM to use as you
like. Can be used as a printer buffer or to load in
Lifeguard(infinite lives finder) or Genie(disassembler).
Source: Sinclair User Dec 88
Name: Music Machine
Manufacturer: Ram Electronics Ltd.
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Transform your SPectrum into a powerful music computer.
Sound sampling, eight voices, midi port, reverb, echo.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
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Name: Ness Automatic Tape Control
Manufacturer: Ness Micro Systems
Price: £19.95
Blurb: On/Off switch. Built-in beep amplifier with volume control.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Ness Beep Amplifier
Manufacturer: Ness Micro Systems
Price: £5.95
Blurb: Small amplifier.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Nidd Valley Reset
Manufacturer: Nidd Valley Micro Products
Price: £4.95
Blurb: Slim box fitted with a reset switch.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
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Name: Omega
Manufacturer: Quant Systems
Price: £?? No price but it excludes vat !
Blurb: Run CP/M on your computer via a standard RS232 port.
Box contains Z80a, 64k Ram, 4k Rom, serial and parallel
ports. Runs CP/M 2.2.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Omega SCSI/Plus adaptor
Manufacturer: Quant Systems
Price: £??
Blurb: Low cost SCSI controller that connects direct to the Omega.
4 Megabits/sec throughput.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: On/Off Switch
Manufacturer: TEC Publications
Price: £4.95
Blurb: Saves wear & tear.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Opus 3 inch disk drive
Manufacturer: Opus Supplies Ltd
Price: £229.95
Blurb: 400k storage. 3ms access. Direct drive. (needs interface)
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Opus 5.25inch disk drive
Manufacturer: Opus Supplies Ltd.
Price: £149.95 (single sided) £189.95 (double sided)
Blurb: 100k (single sided). 200k (double sided) Needs interface
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Opus Discovery
Manufacturer: Opus Supplies Ltd.
Price: £199.95
Blurb: A true disk drive system for your Spectrum.
250k floppy drive and interface. Video output port.
Joystick port. Through port. Parallel printer port.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Opus Spectra Disc Interface
Manufacturer: Opus Supplies Ltd.
Price: £99.95
Blurb: DOS on rom. Compabible with all Opus drives. Centronics port.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Orme EPROM Card
Manufacturer: Orme Electronics
Price: Card £21.25, EPROM £9.95
Blurb: Eprom card giving 10 extra BASIC commands.
including re-numbering, editing, character
manouvering and variable dumping.
Source: Sinclair User Sep 83
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Name: Pacer Disk Interface & Disk Drive
Manufacturer: Omnitronics Ltd
Price: £189.95
Blurb: 400k storage. Built-in DOS.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 18
Name: Peker Assembler Cartridge
Manufacturer: Peker Computers Ltd.
Price: £17.95
Blurb: Built-on software. Very fast assembly. Screws up
practically every
other peripheral.
Source: Your Sinclair Jun 86
Name: Petron Trichord
Manufacturer: Petron Electronics
Price: £26.95
Blurb: Sound synthesiser box. Pre-set or custom sounds.
6134 chords (48k). Uses AY-3-8910 chip.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: Pickard Controller
Manufacturer: Success Services
Price: £20.45
Blurb: Connect any Atari-type joystick and tell it which keys to
emulate.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Pinnacle Sound Amplifier
Manufacturer: Pinnacle Electronics Limited
Price: £7.99
Blurb: Battery powered sound amplifire/speaker.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Polyprint Interface
Manufacturer: Cambridge Microelectronics
Price: £44.95
Blurb: Centronics interface.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Print'N'Plotter Console
Manufacturer: Print'N'Plotter
Price: £5.25
Blurb: For the cost of a games cassette you can have a truly
professional
console for your Spectrum.
We've cut costs (not cut quality) by designing a
self-assembly
method using relativley inexpensive materials like strong
corrigated board.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Print'N'Plotter Keyboard Overlays
Manufacturer: Print'N'Plotter
Price: £2.95 (per pack of 10)
Blurb: Forgotten which keys to press when playing a game ?
Just write the function of each key under the keys and
keep for
the next time you play again.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Prism VTX5000 Modem
Manufacturer: Prism
Price: £74.95
Blurb: 1200/75 baud modem.
Source: Sinclair User Sep 83
Name: Promer-SP
Manufacturer: Camel Products
Price: £29.95
Blurb: EPROM programmer.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Protek 1200 Modem
Manufacturer: Protek Computing Ltd.
Price: £59.95
Blurb: A modem four times as fast and half the price of the
modem you've been looking for.
1200/1200 or 1200/75 baud rates. Accoustic coupling.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Protek Switchable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Protek Computing Ltd.
Price: £19.95
Blurb: No programming required. No additional software.
Switchable between Protek(cursor keys), Kempston
and Sinclair.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: PR-Adaptor
Manufacturer: PR Electronics
Price: £8.95
Blurb: Overheating? Noisy? Problems solved with PR Adaptor.
No soldering or dismantling. Regulates PSU.
Source: ZX Computing Feb/Mar 84
Name: PowerBase
Manufacturer: Computer Add-ons
Price: £13.50
Blurb: Raised stand for your Spectrum includes Load/Save switch
and On/Off switch. Saves wear&tear on connectors.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
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Name: Rainbow Joystick & Sound interface
Manufacturer: Rainbow Electronics
Price: £24.00
Blurb: Programmable joystick interface with sound.
Sound amplifier to boost your output.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Ramlok II
Manufacturer: Adapt Electronics
Price: £6.00
Blurb: Stop the dreaded 'wobble' with interfaces. Includes
improved edge connector.
Source: ZX Computing Dec/Jan 84
Name: RamPrint
Manufacturer: Ram Electronics Ltd.
Price: £34.95
Blurb: Printer interface. Centronics compatible. Built-in word
processor. Joystick port.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: RamTurbo Interface
Manufacturer: Ram Electronics Ltd.
Price: £22.95
Blurb: Turbo Charge Your Spectrum ! so the advert said...
Rom cartridge slot that took the Sinclair cartridge games
such as Jetpack, Cookie and Horace. Also hade Twin
joystick ports.
Protek & Kempston comatible.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: RD Digital Tracer
Manufacturer: RD Labs
Price: £55.00
Blurb: Tracer arm allows you to trace images direct to screen.
"Convert your Spectrum into your very own digital paintbox.
without complicated programming you can paint anything
quickly onto your TV screen. You can draw lines of varying
thickness, blocks of colour or shading at a stroke and
print text anywhere. Then you can englarge or reduce your
picture, turn it upside down or even make a mirror image."
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: REL4 (Analogue relay switch)
Manufacturer: Harley Systems Ltd.
Price: £55.00
Blurb: Max const. current 5A. Max voltage 250V.
1KW per channel. 4 channels.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: REL 4.2 (analogue relay switch)
Manufacturer: Harley System Ltd.
Price: £58.00
Blurb: As above.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Reset Switch Box
Manufacturer: Computerworld
Price: £4.49
Blurb: On/Off switch.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Reset Switch
Manufacturer: Central Electronics
Price: £3.49
Blurb: Saves wear & tear.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Rombo Vidi-ZX
Manufacturer: Rombo Productions
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Video digitiser for all Spectrums.
Grabs at 10 fps.
Source: Your Sinclair Aug 88
Name: ROM SP
Manufacturer: Camel Products
Price: £29.95
Blurb: EPROM reader. Up to 16k.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Rotronics Portable Case
Manufacturer: SMT
Price: £34.49
Blurb: The best accessory for your micro.
Here is an ideal portable workstation. Contains places for
your Spectrum, tape recorder, power supply, printer and
tapes.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Rotronics Wafadrive
Manufacturer: SMT
Price: £99.95
Blurb: Mass data storage unit. Dual 128k drives.
Centronics & RS232 ports.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: RZ1
Manufacturer: Stephen Adams
Price: £20.00
Blurb: Allows you to control the tape motor and input/output
select.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
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Name: S-Pack
Manufacturer: DCP Microdevelopments Ltd.
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Speech synthesiser. Formaly known as the Digitalker.
Has a vocabulary of 71 words which can be upgraded
by purchasing extra voice packs in the form of ROMs.
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 83
note: Also known as the DCP Speach Unit.
Name: S-Print
Manufacturer: Technology Research Ltd.
Price: £19.95
Blurb: Standard centronics printer interface.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Saga 1 Emperor Keyboard
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £54.95
Blurb: 67 full travel keys. Stylish white case.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Saga Compliment
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £299.00
Blurb: Everything you ever wanted in one box. Box contains...
Saga 2 keyboard, 3.5" disk drive (256k), Parallel printer
port, Joystick port, Video out port, PSU. Supplied with
'Last Word' word processor, 'Masterfile' database and
'Omnicalc' spreadsheet.
{the black box is a thinly disguised Opus Discovery}
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Saga 2+ Keyboard
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £54.95
Blurb: ???
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Saga 2001 Keyboard
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £119.95
Blurb: Infra red keyboard. No wires. 101 full travel keys.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Saga 2 Crusader Keyboard
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £59.95
Blurb: Full travel keyboard with full sized space bar.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 4
Name: Saga 3 Elite Keyboard
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £69.95
Blurb: 87 full travel keys.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Saga Disk Interface
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £69.95
Blurb: Controls 3, 3.5 or 5.25 inch drives, single or double sided,
single or double density. Snapshot button to grab and save
your programs to disk.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 86
Name: Saga Disk Interface II
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £89.95
Blurb: Features as Saga Disk Interface 1 but includes printer port.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 86
Name: Saga GP Graphics Tablet
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £79.95
Blurb: Graphics table for your Spectrum.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17
Name: Saga Lo Profile Keyboard.
Manufacturer: Saga/Advanced Memory Systems
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Basically its the same as, or even exactley as, the Lo
Profile Pro.
seen elsewhere in this index. Later they changed the
colour of
the case from black to beige.
Source: Your Sinclair Oct 86
Name: Saga Soundboost
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £9.50
Blurb: Internal sound amplifier.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Saga Flexicable
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £12.45
Blurb: Extend your expansion bus with this flexible cable.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Saga Turbo Interface
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd.
Price: £21.95
Blurb: Twin joystick ports. Rom cartridge slot.
Source: Your Sinclair Feb 86
Name: Sizzle Killer
Manufacturer: Spectral Products
Price: £5.99
Blurb: Prevents buzz and overheating problems.
Source: ZX Computing Oct/Nov 83
Name: Skywave FORTH
Manufacturer: Skywave Software
Price: £49.95
Blurb: FORTH on ROM complete with a RS232 and Parallel interface.
Source: ZX Computing Oct/Nov 83
Name: Slowmo
Manufacturer: Cambridge Computing Research
Price: £14.95
Blurb: Slow down or freeze your games.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Soft-Rom
Manufacturer: Expandor Systems
Price: £44.95
Blurb: The ultimate tool for machine code programmers.
16k add-on board allows you to page out the Spectrum Rom
and use your own. Gives 64k of usable Ram.
Extensive use of NMI. Non-destructive reset.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 86
Name: Softest Interface
Manufacturer: Softest
Price: £35.00
Blurb: Printer interface for all the Tandy printer/plotters.
Source: ZX Computing Dec/Jan 84
Name: SP48 (32k upgrade for 16k Spectrums)
Manufacturer: East London Robotics
Price: £23.00
Blurb: Easy installation without soldering.
Upgrades your Spectrum to the full 48k.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: SP80 (64k paged memory upgrade)
Manufacturer: East London Robotics
Price: £46.00
Blurb: 48k + a switched extra 32k.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Spec-Mate
Manufacturer: A.T.& Y. Computing Ltd
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Back-up interface. Snapshot any program to tape, Microdrive,
Opus or Beta drives. Poke facility.
Source: Your Sinclair Aug 86
Name: Specspansion
Manufacturer: F B Tronics
Price: £18.50
Blurb: 4 slot motherboard and 24-line bi-directional programmable
portboard. On board +5 volts regulator. Built in address
decoding available for 3 of the slots. Provision for 4
additional cards. (coming soon RS232, A-D converter,
relay and joystick cards).
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Spectel
Manufacturer: Jaytronics
Price: £29.95 (£9.95 for software)
Blurb: Allows you to auto-dial and re-dial telephones numbers stored
via the software program.
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 84
Name: Spectrum Computer Desk
Manufacturer: PH Scientific Products
Price: £16.00
Blurb: At last a Spectrum computer desk that has everything.
Made from tough black ABS. Holds TV, Spectrum, PSU,
Printer or tapes.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Spectrum Interface
Manufacturer: Ram Electronics Ltd.
Price: £9.95
Blurb: Joystick interface. Kempston compatible.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: Spectrum RGB Output Module
Manufacturer: Adapt Electronics
Price: £36.95
Blurb: Allows you to use your Spectrum on a proper RGB monitor.
True TTL/Anologue outputs.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 18
Name: Spectrum Speech Synthesiser
Manufacturer: Spirit Instruments
Price: £39.50
Blurb: Speech synthesiser using the allophone system.
Includes built-in speaker.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Spectrum Stand (no official name in advert)
Manufacturer: E.R. Cameron & Sons Ltd
Price: £23.50
Blurb: Wooden stand to hold your computer, cassette, printer and
tapes.
Source: ZX Computing Feb/Mar 84
Name: Spectrum-Stick
Manufacturer: Grant Design Ltd.
Price: £9.95
Blurb: Fits over the cursor keys and provides cursor emulation.
Source: ZX Computing Feb/Mar 84
Name: SS1 Speech Synthesiser
Manufacturer: Computer Add-ons
Price: £39.00
Blurb: Make amazing speech effetcs on your Spectrum.
Plugs into rear port. Includes Volume control.
Own speaker.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Stack Light Rifle
Manufacturer: Stack Computer Services
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Now you can shoot at the screen !
Supplied with 3 games.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Stack 100 Light Pen
Manufacturer: Stack Computer Services
Price: £28.75
Blurb: None ?
Source: Your Spectrum issue 4
Name: Stavi 128 Upgrade
Manufacturer: Stavi
Price: £ Unknown
Blurb: Upgrade your 48k machine to a full 128k +2.
(no midi,rs or joystick)
Originally for the Timex machines it later became
available for the standard 48k.
Source: Bajtek Magazine (Polish) 1990
Name: Stonechip Programmable Joystick Interface
Manufacturer: Stonechip Electronics
Price: £24.95
Blurb: Enables any software to be used with a joystick.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Stonechip Echo Amplifier
Manufacturer: Stonechip Electronics
Price: £19.95
Blurb: Attractive box with controls, amplifier and speaker.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: Stop-Reveal -(unable to assertain if this is h/w or s/w)
Manufacturer: Kerr
Price: £5.95
Blurb: Stop virtually any programs, even machine code.
Reveals listing in programs. (even m/code)
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Straight Adaptor
Manufacturer: Stephen Adams
Price: £9.00
Blurb: Converts the Spectrum expansion bus to the same as the ZX81.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Sunset Video Digitiser
Manufacturer: Sunset
Price: £126.50
Blurb: 625 line digitiser. 256x192 x 4bit video digitising.
Source: Your Sinclair Jun 86
Name: Super Amplifier
Manufacturer: Magenta Electronics Ltd.
Price: £17.98
Blurb: 250mW output. Variable attack, sustain and delay.
Echo feature.
Source: Sinclair User Sep 83
Name: Super Sound Spec-amp
Manufacturer: Kelwood Computer Cases
Price: £7.00
Blurb: Fully adjustable Spectrum sound amplifier.
Plugs into mic socket.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: System 7 Reset Switch
Manufacturer: System 7
Price: £5.00
Blurb: On/off and reset switch. Saves wear & tear.
Source: Your Sinclair Jun 86
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Name: Tactile Keyboard
Manufacturer: Tactile
Price: £9.95 - (price correction in SU Sep 83)
Blurb: Box that fits over your Spectrum and allows pictures or
words to placed on various enlarged pads. This can be
used as a teaching aid.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
Name: Tandy TRS-80 Colour Printer
Manufacturer: Tandy
Price: £149.00
Blurb: Includes interface. Red, blue, green and black print.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Tape Head De-magnetiser
Manufacturer: Fulcrum Products
Price: £4.75
Blurb: Removes build-ups of magnetism on your tape heads.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Tasman Parallel Printer Interface
Manufacturer: Tasman Software
Price: £29.90
Blurb: Centronics standard interface.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Tasman RS232 Printer Interface
Manufacturer: Tasman Software
Price: £29.90
Blurb: Standard RS232 printer interface.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 8
Name: Telesound 84
Manufacturer: Compusound
Price: £9.95
Blurb: The smallest modulator ever. Fits inside your Spectrum
and outputs sound and video to your tv. Volume control.
Keyboard click option. Hear programs as they load.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Note: There was a Telesound 82 (Sinclair User Oct 82) and I
presume therefore, a Telesound 83 as well.
Name: Thurnall Disk System
Manufacturer: Thurnall
Price: £199.00
Blurb: 3inch drive. 150k storage. Built-in DOS.
(RS232 port optional extra)
Source: Your Spectrum issue 8
Name: Time Controller
Manufacturer: Glanmire Electronics
Price: £38.50
Blurb: Real time clock and input/ouput port.
Battery backed up.
Source: ZX Computing Oct/Nov 83
Name: Transform Keyboard
Manufacturer: Transform Ltd.
Price: £69.95
Blurb: 59 full travle keys. Key pad.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: Trickstick
Manufacturer: East London Robotics
Price: £28.00
Blurb: The Tricksick - A revolution that runs rings around
ordinary joysticks.
Its revolutionary light sensitive controls will let you
go where you want, when you want and at the speed you
want.
Fully compatible with the Kempston format.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: Triga Command Joystick
Manufacturer: Datel Electronics
Price: £19.99
Blurb: The top American joystick is here.
Includes interface.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Triton QD
Manufacturer: Triton
Price: £119.00
Blurb: 2.8inch disk drive. Stores 100k per disk.
Trasfer rate of 101 kbits per sec.
Source: Crash 21 (Oct85)
Name: Trojan Light Pen
Manufacturer: Trojan Products
Price: £17.25
Blurb: Create exciting graphics on screen.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: Touchmaster Graphics Tablet.
Manufacturer: Touchmaster Ltd.
Price: £149.95
Blurb: A4 size.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
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Name: Unicom Modem
Manufacturer: Unicom
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Auto baud rate sensing, Auto dial and redial. Full and half
duplex. Baud rates 300/300, 1200/1200, 1200/75, 75/1200.
Source: Crash 13 (Feb 85)
Name: USP-ADAP
Manufacturer: U-Microcomputers Ltd.
Price: £6.90
Blurb: Back to back adaptor needed when you buy your first card.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: USP-BBP3
Manufacturer: U-Microcomputers Ltd.
Price: £35.65
Blurb: Buffered, 3 slot back plane for other USP boards.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: USP-BPE4
Manufacturer: U-Microcomputers Ltd.
Price: £25.30
Blurb: 4 slot back plane extension.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: USP-PROT
Manufacturer: U-Microcomputers Ltd.
Price: £13.80
Blurb: Prototyping card used to design your own circuits.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: USP-232D
Manufacturer: U-Microcomputers Ltd.
Price: £34.50
Blurb: Dual channel serial RS232 interface card using the
powerful Z80DART chip. Baud rate of 75 - 9600.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: USP-I/O
Manufacturer: U-Microcomputers Ltd.
Price: £29.90
Blurb: General purpose parallel interface using the Z80PIO chip.
2 8bit input or output ports.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: USP-CENT
Manufacturer: U-Microcomputers Ltd.
Price: £3.45
Blurb: Kit for use with the USP-CENT for centronics compatible
printers.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
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Name: Videoface
Manufacturer: Data-Skip
Price: £69.00
Blurb: Video digitiser for your Spectrum. Fast 3 grabs/sec.
Animate last 6 grabs. Save animations to tape/disk.
Full 256x192 screen grab.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Note: Romantic Robot also sold this unit.
Name: Viscount Disk Drive System
Manufacturer: Inteeractive Instruments Ltd.
Price: £245.00
Blurb: 5.25in disk drive and interface.
holds around 107k per disk.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: Volex TTX2000S
Manufacturer: Volex Electronics
Price: £145.00
Blurb: Teletext/telesoftware adaptor. Receive all teletext services
without the need for a special TV. Download software.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Name: Voltmace Delta 3S
Manufacturer: Voltmace Ltd.
Price: £10.00
Blurb: Compact, lightweight, hand held fingertip controler.
Source: Crash 5 (Jun 84)
Name: Voyager 7 Modem
Manufacturer: Modem House
Price: £91.94
Blurb: 300/300, 1200/75, 75/1200 full duplex,
1200/1200 half duplex.Autodial and autoanswer.
Auto logon, Carousel up to 26 frames. Frame
editor,Full Xmodem support, Xon/Xoff.
Needs VTX 711 interface. (£119.90 for both)
Source: Your Sinclair Oct 86
Name: Vu-Load
Manufacturer: Computer Add-ons
Price: £19.99
Blurb: Ensure programs load every time. See the tape level.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83
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Name: Watford SP-DOS
Manufacturer: Watford Electronics
Price: £99.00
Blurb: Disk interface with on-board DOS. Supports drives up to 800k.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Watford Centronics/RS232 Interface
Manufacturer: Watford Electronics
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Centronics port. Bi-directional RS232 port.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Watford 200/400/800k Disk Drive
Manufacturer: Watford Electronics
Price: £129.00(200k), £149.00(400k), £175.00(800k)
Blurb: Disk drives... !
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11
Name: Wear Saver
Manufacturer: Computer Add-ons
Price: £9.50
Blurb: Saves wear and tear on your ear/mic and power sockets.
Source: ZX Computing Feb/Mar 84
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Name: XK System
Manufacturer: Stephen Adams
Price: £14 + Ram (DIY kit) or £74 for full installation.
Blurb: Gives up to 64k of internal RAM in your Spectrum.
Software control of paging.
Source; Your Spectrum issue 8
Name: XRI Micon
Manufacturer: XRI Systems
Price: £99.00
Blurb: Midi interface with 1 input, 2 outputs and a drum box
synchronisation socket. Complete with software that will
allow up to eight synchronised sequences and 26,200 notes.
Source: Your Sinclair July 86
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Name: Zeaker Micro Turtle
Manufacturer: Colne Robotics Co Ltd.
Price: £69.50
Blurb: Spectrum controled, 2 wheeled robot.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: Zeal Sound Booster
Manufacturer: Zeal Marketing Ltd.
Price: £14.99
Blurb: Clear sound with volume control.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Name: ZON X
Manufacturer: Bi-Pak
Price: £25.95
Blurb: "Make amazing sounds with your Spectrum."
8 octaves, 3 channels with full control over pitch,
volume, tones and noise, all with envelope control.
Usable in your own Basic or M/C programs.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: ZXM
Manufacturer: Timedata
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Sound box based on the 8912 chip. Includes twin
joystick ports. Volume control, amplifier & speaker.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: ZXS
Manufacturer: Timedata
Price: £24.99
Blurb: Speech synthesis box. Needs ZXM to amplify sound.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83
Name: ZX Box
Manufacturer: Interservice Electronics Ltd.
Price: £9.95
Blurb: A Sound Investment. Bring arcade style sound to your
Spectrum. Sound Amplifier.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: ZX Loader Aid
Manufacturer: Fulcrum Products
Price: £12.20
Blurb: Cure tape errors when loading. LED's indicate correct
volume setting.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: ZX Lprint III
Manufacturer: Euroelectronics
Price: £34.95
Blurb: Centronics printer interface. Works with standard commands.
Also has RS232 port for serial printers.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85
Name: ZX Printer
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd.
Price: £39.95
Blurb: 50 characters/sec.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83
Name: ZX Slowloader
Manufacturer: East London Robotics
Price: £10.00
Blurb: Load your ZX81 tapes into your Spectrum.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83
Name: ZX Tapeloader
Manufacturer: Elinca Products Ltd.
Price: £14.99
Blurb: Trouble free loading and saving. Switchable load/save.
Meter shows level. Filters cut out the noise to create
the best signal possible.
Source: ZX Computing Oct/Nov 83
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TO DO - ITEMS I KNOW EXIST BUT DON'T HAVE DETAILS ON - HELP WANTED
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Multiface 128/3 --------------> Added May 97
SwiftDisk interface
Digit -------------------------> Added June 97
Wico Trackball
Bloprom -----------------------> Added September 97
Upstream midi interface
Stonechip lightpen
Quick Disk system by Servicon Designs
Kempston Disk drive system
Challenge Sprint
Release Notes:
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October 97 - 322 items
Added Tasman RS232 interface
Added Friendly Face
Added XK System
Added Forth
Added Gamestar Box
Added Haven I/O
Added Softest Interface
Added Microtext Keyboard
Added Ramlok II
Added Unicom Modem
Added XRI Micon
Added Adam Adaptor
Added Adam II Adaptor
Added MB-02 disk interface.
Removed Genie.(it was software {see multiprint})
September 97 - 309
Due to an error in my counting, added 1 to the total ! Doh!
September 97 - 308 items
Added Tape Head De-magnetiser
Added RZ1
Added Midwich Interface
Added S-Pack
Added Bloprom
Added Omega
Added Omega SCSI
Added Eprom Programmer
Added Triton QD
Added DK'tronics Dual Port
Added DK'tronics 3 Channel Sound
Added DK'tronics Beep Audio Amp
Added DK'tronics Programmable JS Interface
Added DK'tronics Parallel Centronics Interface.
Added description to Mancomp keyboard
Added descriptions to the Basicare stuff.
Updated many of the descriptions.
Changed the Beta+ entry.
Added a price to the Petron Trichord.
Removed the DCP-Speech. (same unit as S-Pack)
August 97 - 296 items
Added Saga GP
Added Stack 100 Light pen
Added Furguson MA20
Added Microframe
Added Sizzle Killer
Added Fuller Master Unit
Added Datamate
Added ZX Loader Aid
Added more info on Stavi 128 upgrade and AY interface.
July 97 - 288 items
Added Co-Der
Added Electrotech controller
Added Jiles II Joystick Interface
Added Byte Box 1
Added Byte Box 2
Added Pinnacle Sound Amp
Added Ness Auto Tape Control
Added Ness Beep Amp
Added Marder Battery Back-up
Added Microbyte Protection Unit
Added AY Interface
Added Stavi 128 Upgrade
Added Masterface 1B - (anyone got more info on this ?)
Added Masterface 2B
Added Macface
Added FDD 3000
Minor additons to descriptions.
June 97 - 272 items
Added Rombo Vidi-ZX
Added Chroma monitor
Added Comcon Twin
Added Multiface (Jelec)
Added Beta+ Disk Interface
Added Delta 128
Added Delta Disk Interface
Added better description to AGF Protocol 4
Added price to Polyprint
Added Soft-Rom
Added Digit
Added Eureka monitor
Added Saga Compliment
A few minor additions to descriptions.
May 97 - 261 items
First release of this list. Posted on my web page.
(www.xsite.ltd.uk/pj/index.html)
Contributors:
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Malyrule (malyrules@xxxxxxxxxx)
Who supplied info on Masterface 1B, 2B, Macface, AY Interface,
Stavi 128 upgarde and alot of text info on the FDD 3000.
Majik
for confirmation about the Romantic Robot version of the Videoface.
FBI
for information about the MB-02 disk interface.
EMG
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EMAG Software Homepage: http://www.emagsoftware.it
The EMG Music page: http://www.emagsoftware.it/emgmusic
The EMG's ZX-Spectrum Page: http://www.emagsoftware.it/spectrum
The Best of Spectrum Games: http://www.emagsoftware.it/tbosg
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