ZX Spectrum Next — reincarnation of a legend (3 photos + video)

On Kickstarter appeared a full replica of the most famous volmerange computer ZX Spectrum, celebrated the 35th anniversary. The team of authors of the Next version, which includes Rick Dixon, responsible for the design of classic cars and promises full compatibility with the original. As many remember one of the first PC became widespread, the money needed to start the serial production, are collected in full. Approximate price of the basic version, which would start in 2018, will be $ 225.

The new product that is loaded with vintage magnetic tape, applied to the architecture of the FPGA and the Z80 at 7 MHz. The available amount of RAM is small, only 512 KB, but if necessary it can be increased to 2.5 MB. All information important to the user, is recorded, of course, is not on the floppy disk, and SD. As for the graphics, the new version provides the classic range.

Any monitor can be connected via RGB, VGA, and HDMI. Also it has a DB9 port and PS/2. Additionally, you can put in the PC Wi-Fi-module.

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Source: kickstarter.com