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Gulliver · 18th Sep 2019, 2:15 pm

Rather than a microdrive, I would look at one of the modern SD card interfaces. I have one which takes a micro SD card and has a Kempston compatible joystick interface...the thing cost just £30 I think. You can then download as much software as you like from World of Spectrum, dump it to a (micro) SD card and get instant loading without modifying your Speccy.

I still mourn the day I gave away my 128K "Toast Rack" machine...lent it to a friend when I upgraded to an Atari ST and never saw it again. I do still have an issue 2 "rubber devil" and I don't mind the keyboard but the 128K was better.

As for games being more playable...I would generally agree. I still have a Spectrum and a Commodore 64 and to be honest the Speccy gets far more use. There's also a much more active current user base with new software and hardware still being churned out for the Spectrum.

18th Sep 2019, 2:15 pm	#35
Gulliver Hexode Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Luton, Bedfordshire, UK. Posts: 469	Re: Sinclair Spectrum considerations Rather than a microdrive, I would look at one of the modern SD card interfaces. I have one which takes a micro SD card and has a Kempston compatible joystick interface...the thing cost just £30 I think. You can then download as much software as you like from World of Spectrum, dump it to a (micro) SD card and get instant loading without modifying your Speccy. I still mourn the day I gave away my 128K "Toast Rack" machine...lent it to a friend when I upgraded to an Atari ST and never saw it again. I do still have an issue 2 "rubber devil" and I don't mind the keyboard but the 128K was better. As for games being more playable...I would generally agree. I still have a Spectrum and a Commodore 64 and to be honest the Speccy gets far more use. There's also a much more active current user base with new software and hardware still being churned out for the Spectrum.