One had a key with a… Pac-Man ghost. 0_Opic.twitter.com/OesXyKBp9q
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One had a key with a… Pac-Man ghost. 0_Opic.twitter.com/OesXyKBp9q
A few others recognized the main de facto purpose of ZX Spectrum (games), and added a Fire key…pic.twitter.com/EMrqHm423g
…or even arrow keys and Fire together! (Amazing that both of these computers didn’t even get the spacebar right.)pic.twitter.com/hR4tQRGfr9
And lastly, some clones had really interesting arrow key layouts.pic.twitter.com/muBDR62swz
Most were of dubious legal status, with an illegally cloned processor, sold in communist countries that did not recognize copyright.
They are also, pretty much without any exception, goddamn ugly. But I can’t help but treasure them.
They brought computing to people that would otherwise never be exposed to it.
ZX Spectrum, dirt cheap in the U.K., needed to be made much, much cheaper to be affordable in countries of the Eastern Bloc.
(Imported from the UK, assuming it was actually possible, the original ZX Spectrum would mean multiple annual salaries.)
As ridiculous, and cheap, and lame as these are, they served a very important purpose.
With one exception: One of these clones was meant for diplomats and their children, and was pricey. I’ll let you figure out which one. :·)
I’ll end this thread on a great article explaining the whole phenomenon of so many illicit ZX Spectrum clones: http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/07/06/the-land-where-the-spectrum-lived-on …
Oh, lord. I found more interesting ones. The huge shifts and tiny space on the first machines (Romanian TIM-S) are a sight to behold.pic.twitter.com/f5jAJkT7wm
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