The Spectrum - Teardown

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @custardo
    @custardo 6 днів тому +15

    Hopefully by now the laundry cycle has finished.

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  6 днів тому +3

      I'm washing my BBC micros

    • @diablobarcelona
      @diablobarcelona 3 дні тому

      @@backofficeshow and there was me thinking if was the cash off your UA-cam income ;-)

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  3 дні тому

      It does not amount to folding money, that is the dream 🤣

  • @Cameronsutubes
    @Cameronsutubes 2 дні тому +1

    ZX Spectrum was my first computer

  • @6581punk
    @6581punk 6 днів тому +4

    They could get the shipping weight down by removing those weights and then have a hatch where you can add some sand :)

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  6 днів тому +4

      Maybe a slot in which you could add pennies!!

    • @domramsey
      @domramsey 6 днів тому +2

      @@backofficeshow Or a small water tank. Just run it under the tap for 30 seconds.

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  6 днів тому

      About as long as your enthusiasm will last playing jet set Willy

    • @pinkmouse4863
      @pinkmouse4863 6 днів тому

      @@backofficeshow I was so disappointed when I picked that up after playing Jet Pac, and it was just wandering around a mansion...

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  6 днів тому

      @pinkmouse4863 don't forget the constant deaths

  • @deang5622
    @deang5622 3 дні тому

    I don't know why it would be running *_ANY_* kind of RTOS.

  • @KennyBacchus-l1i
    @KennyBacchus-l1i День тому +1

    The. Spectrum. Teardown

  • @justinthomas2458
    @justinthomas2458 6 днів тому +1

    If you're nostalgic for the speccy just build yourself a picozx. You'll have more fun building it than playing any of the games!

  • @deang5622
    @deang5622 3 дні тому

    Would have been far more interesting if the actual architecture had been discussed and where the functionality of the original ULA has gone.

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  2 дні тому

      Linux based system on chip running an emulator. Whatever functionality is the ULA exists as a function of whatever emulator they have included. They support ULA+ as a flag in the options

  • @theALFEST
    @theALFEST 6 днів тому +2

    THE Specturm

    • @paulallen6915
      @paulallen6915 2 дні тому

      yeah, great quality control and review of design 😵‍💫

  • @pinkmouse4863
    @pinkmouse4863 6 днів тому +1

    I believe the word you were hunting for is "Tribute" ;-)

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  6 днів тому

      Tribute, that's the one!!!
      Have a pack of twiglets on me!

  • @drxym
    @drxym 2 дні тому

    While it's interesting I don't see the point of making something look like a ZX Spectrum if it's just a facade and it's just an emulator running on some ARM board. Might as well just run a ZX Spectrum emulator on a computer at that point. The one thing that might be interesting is if someone figured a way to make the case & keyboard work with an original or replica board.

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  2 дні тому

      Being able to plug it in via HDMI and have it usable in a few seconds is attractive for just a quick retro session. No faff downloading emulators, finding ROMs etc. A quick nostalgia hit then chuck it in the cupboard till next year.
      Ultimately it's the nostalgic 46-55 year olds who have a spare £99 and very little free time are their audience

  • @steveharper2857
    @steveharper2857 5 днів тому

    Not Alan Sugar, bur Sir Clive Sinclair.

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  5 днів тому

      Sir Clive, Sir Clive, Sir Clive, Sir Clive Sinclaaaaaaair!

  • @domramsey
    @domramsey 6 днів тому +4

    That sound! I thought I was having a heart attack. 🙂

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  6 днів тому

      I must be deaf

    • @mrroobarb
      @mrroobarb 4 дні тому +1

      It was filmed on a stream train 😆

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  4 дні тому +1

      @mrroobarb I'm worried my hearing is going the same way as my eyesight 😱

  • @fluid123uk
    @fluid123uk 3 дні тому

    Don't see the point TBH. Go get a Zx Spectrum

    • @backofficeshow
      @backofficeshow  2 дні тому

      Not every TV has composite input now, not everyone has time to get it all hooked up and hope the tape works etc. even messing with all the old cables, having to use an upscaler just to play two minutes of jet set Willy is a massive disincentive to bother

  • @Synthematix
    @Synthematix 6 днів тому +1

    Its junk, just like the original.