The Speccy is 25 today

andrew_rollings · Post by **andrew_rollings** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:00 pm 0

juice wrote:
piku wrote:Quite fitting then that my ZX Spectrum Book arrived today in the post
I keep being tempted by that book. 256 pages of shiny Spectrum goodness... yum!

I can definitely recommend it

Andrew
/biased? me?

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:05 pm 0

Regarding the ZX Spectrum Book - just out of interest, how much detail does it go into re the development of the Spectrum, those involved, technical aspects of the Spectrum, etc?

Or is 99% of it covering the games at a page per game?

andrew_rollings · Post by **andrew_rollings** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:04 pm 0

IronGiant wrote:Regarding the ZX Spectrum Book - just out of interest, how much detail does it go into re the development of the Spectrum, those involved, technical aspects of the Spectrum, etc?

Or is 99% of it covering the games at a page per game?

The latter... although there is a narrative thread about the games industry background at the time running throughout the book.

You need "The Sinclair Story" for the some of the former, but as of right now, that book doesn't yet exist...

Hmmm...

Andrew

Mqark · Post by **Mqark** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:13 pm 0

Oh how different the world could have been if this design was the one chosen.

Not photoshopped - it's an actual trial run of a white case. I believe only 5 exist. (and no, I don't own it...)

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:18 pm 0

andrew_rollings wrote:
IronGiant wrote:Regarding the ZX Spectrum Book - just out of interest, how much detail does it go into re the development of the Spectrum, those involved, technical aspects of the Spectrum, etc?

Or is 99% of it covering the games at a page per game?
The latter... although there is a narrative thread about the games industry background at the time running throughout the book.

You need "The Sinclair Story" for the some of the former, but as of right now, that book doesn't yet exist...

Hmmm...

Andrew

Thanks. What, no 'Sinclair Story'? I'm surprised that one hasn't been written yet ...........

chub · Post by **chub** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:37 pm 0

Mqark wrote:Oh how different the world could have been if this design was the one chosen.

Not photoshopped - it's an actual trial run of a white case. I believe only 5 exist. (and no, I don't own it...)

I like the way it has a white box around the word BLACK and nothing around WHITE. Prototypes eh?

andrew_rollings · Post by **andrew_rollings** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:52 pm 0

IronGiant wrote:
andrew_rollings wrote:
IronGiant wrote:Regarding the ZX Spectrum Book - just out of interest, how much detail does it go into re the development of the Spectrum, those involved, technical aspects of the Spectrum, etc?

Or is 99% of it covering the games at a page per game?
The latter... although there is a narrative thread about the games industry background at the time running throughout the book.

You need "The Sinclair Story" for the some of the former, but as of right now, that book doesn't yet exist...

Hmmm...

Andrew
Thanks. What, no 'Sinclair Story'? I'm surprised that one hasn't been written yet ...........

Bah... serves me right posting in a hurry... Yes, the Sinclair Story exists, but the book he was asking about "re the development of the Spectrum, those involved, technical aspects of the Spectrum, etc." doesn't exist...

Andrew

andrew_rollings · Post by **andrew_rollings** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:53 pm 0

[quote="Mqark"]Oh how different the world could have been if this design was the one chosen.

Not photoshopped - it's an actual trial run of a white case. I believe only 5 exist. (and no, I don't own it...)

Wow!

Who does own it, (or any of the others), and how much would they sell it for

Andrew

anon76235 · Post by **anon76235** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:59 pm 0

andrew_rollings wrote:
juice wrote:
piku wrote:Quite fitting then that my ZX Spectrum Book arrived today in the post
I keep being tempted by that book. 256 pages of shiny Spectrum goodness... yum!
I can definitely recommend it

Andrew
/biased? me?

Â£25.49 GBP

andrew_rollings · Post by **andrew_rollings** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:05 pm 0

FX23- master ov questions wrote:Â£25.49 GBP

Yep.. Small print run = not cheap to print a full colour, non-standard size book

Most people think it's worth it though, and I calculated the cost so that I'd break even at the number I expected to sell easily...
I was off by a hundred or so.

Andrew

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:27 pm 0

It's a great book, and worth every penny. Very limited too, so will probably be a collectors item in years to come. It's the content that counts though, and it's an excellent read, from cover to cover.

That white Spectrum is gorgeous. I'd pay serious money to get my mits on one of those.

Mqark · Post by **Mqark** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:06 pm 0

andrew_rollings wrote:Wow!

Who does own it, (or any of the others), and how much would they sell it for

Andrew

It's Martin Brennan's - I don't think he's going to sell it in a hurry because of his close relationship with it.
I don't think any of them are in the hands of collectors, and probably won't ever be. Strictly an ex Sinclair employees only perk.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:53 pm 0

So what's my best bet for a PSP Spectrum Emulator then? I'm using PSPectrum and can't get it to run

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:57 pm 0

Surely this is the best way forward?

piku · Post by **piku** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:16 pm 0

andrew_rollings wrote:
juice wrote:
piku wrote:Quite fitting then that my ZX Spectrum Book arrived today in the post
I keep being tempted by that book. 256 pages of shiny Spectrum goodness... yum!
I can definitely recommend it

I like it

When I can be bothered I'll use it as inspiration for games to download.

You want to make an Atari ST and an Amiga one after