SyntaxBomb - Indie Coders

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You could have gotten your machine earlier i guess.


Are both the new version, or?

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You could have gotten your machine earlier i guess.

No because they're making improvements to the original board and adding a power switch; so they're using this time to also take extra orders.  After a test run of the new boards they'll go into production in January, for both the original Kickstarter Backers and the new orders via the shop.

Damn so tempting.

Go on go on.   

Have to wait till dec 1st when i get my christmas bonus.

Hopefully the Christmas Shop will still be open.

Bought your Spectrum Next yet Mike?   

Nope. Glad I didn't cause I damaged my car which will require some repairs which will cost me about 1000-2000 euros. Hit a pillar while parking out in a public garage. The paint job on the back bumper isn't the unknown but the body got a hit too to my surprise. Got visible the next day. 2020 can kiss my ass.

Ouch!  Sorry to hear that Mike. 

am I seeing things , have they remade the speccy?

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am I seeing things , have they remade the speccy?

Kind of, this video explains things:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DbiDFyTtU8&ab_channel=gamesyouloved

Yes I like it, as it runs old originals, plus allows more to do, but I would like to see it for sale on proper retail like amazon .

I cant believe they are not doing this on a big scale, half the world wants a new Speccy. I would buy two, even a third after a year.

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but I would like to see it for sale on proper retail like amazon .

Not gonna happen, while 'The C64' has a fantastic replica C64 keyboard and joystick, it's basically an 'emulator box' so you can't plug in cartridges or peripherals - so it can be made far far cheaper.

The Spectrum Next is a real computer that you can plug in old or new peripherals.  It's 100% compatible with all ZX Spectrum software *and* hardware, so you can plug in micro drives and such.  It then has 3 sound chips, 256 colours, copper chip, hardware scrolling, hardware sprites, 3.5/7/14 or 28Mhz speed modes and so on.  So while you can code on it like an original ZX Spectrum, you can also use the new features.