new keyboard for Spectrum - makes programming easier

new keyboard for Spectrum... elektor march 1985 When Sinclair introduced a new Spectrum last autumn, they at last acknowledged that the poor keyboard on the old Spectrum was allowing the competition to take over slices of what had been a safe Sinclair market for some time. It is gratifying to see that they have finally decided to right this abomination. The new machine is type-coded Spectrum+ and is a much more user-friendly unit that can stand comparison with any other computer in its price class. Its faint resemblance with its bigger brother, the QL, gives it an impression of solidity. Inside it has remained very much the same. And why not? Apart from its miserable keyboard, the old Spectrum, with its wide-ranging BASIC and its really useful graphics, was one of the best-value-for-money home computers around. new keyboard for Spectrum . . . ...makes programming easier The noteworthy aspects of the new keyboard are not just the much easier to operate keys, but also a large number...