https://www.specnext.com/the-shop-is-now-live (Jun 2017)
the Next is available for pre-ordering here on the website. There are, though, a couple of changes we made to keep things fair for everyone: first, the shipping date is a month later than for the KS backers, they will get their boards and machines first; second, the Next now has a 20% margin over the original price
ZX Spectrum Next board (devkit) £119.00 + VAT
ZX Spectrum Next computer £210.00 + VAT
ZX Spectrum Next Accelerated computer £275.00 + VAT
Re:The C64 Mini Computer
by binarycrusader on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:58PM
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Except, as far as I can tell, all of them are not available for pre-order either (at least not anymore).
The official word on further availability seems to be "likely but can't yet confirm": https://www.specnext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=696
Out of stock! :( :(
Just to mention https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/ , probably a good point of entry into the present-day Spectrum community.
EDIT: As to the manual, see this FAQ entry: https://www.specnext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=540
The older Spectrum48k boots directly into a (rather bland) BASIC screen editor, the later Spectrum128k started with a simple UI menu.
You can see here: http://floooh.github.io/virtualkc/
(click on the hamburger menu and select "system..." to boot into the Spectrum48k and 128k models)
Re:The C64 Mini Computer
by throwaway7645 on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:25PM
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Thank you!
Also, will it come with a good documentation? Things in the 80's often had phenomenal documentation that was designed to teach and not just point out the location of a few pins.
I never used the Zx before. What is the user experience like? When you boot up, can you bring up a BASIC prompt or type in Assembly?