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Re:Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum by manytimesaway on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @08:54AM (#50070925)
The title expected me to see the common 48k model, not the rarer 128k one. The paper itself says "a stock 128Kb Spectrum" which is confusing for those who weren't aware of this model.
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Re:Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum by ljubomir on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @10:16AM (#50072162)
That caught my attention right away! I was not aware of the 128K Spectrum until today. About time to learn :-)
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Re:Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum by pjmlp on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @09:57AM (#50071850)
Rarer?

In the Iberian Peninsula, 128K models were all over the place.

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Re:Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum by manytimesaway on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @12:05PM (#50073933)
Obviously since it was initially an Investronica (local Sinclair distributor) initiative.

Not really in UK or other European countries (besides the Amstrad almost-knockoff).

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Re:Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum by pjmlp on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @12:28PM (#50074380)
Most other European countries were C64 and MSX territory.

It is strange that on UK, Speccy birthplace they were apparently rare, given all the Crash and Your Sinclair magazines I owned at the time, and related content.

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Re:Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum by TechnicianTed on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @06:12PM (#50079646)
Sinclair didn't bring the 128K+ to the UK until early 1986 because he wanted to run down the 48K+ stock at Christmas.

Amstrad bought Sinclair in spring 1986 and they ran down the remaining 128K+ stock, meanwhile the grey +2 was already ready to manufacture - they'd already designed the case and reversed engineered the 128K+ to get a head start. It was in the shops by that autumn.

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Re:Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum by Steve16384 on Thursday October 15, 2026 @08:35AM (#50102735)
I've got no figures to hand obviously, but I'd be very surprised if the 128 (including +2 and +3) didn't outsell the 48K.
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