#Sinclair Spectrum

[commodorez]

An assortment of Sinclair computers

Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 17

#sinclair #vcfmw17 #vcf midwest 17 #vintage computer festival midwest 17 #commodorez goes to vcfmw17 #sinclair spectrum #sinclair zx81

[adamharkus]

The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: Game Over.

The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: Game Over.

After 1987, for me at least, the video game arcade was on a downward spiral towards oblivion. So where did it all go wrong? Thank you so much for joining me on my journey way back to 1979 and through the best years of arcade gaming and my childhood, up to 1987. The video game arcade era had been a massive part of my life, and I’m so glad I was involved in the very best of it. Although I had my…

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#Gaming #Gaming nostalgia #Playstation #Retro Arcade Game #Retro Gaming #Sinclair Spectrum #Sinclair ZX Spectrum #Sony Playstation #video game #Video Game Arcade #Video Games

[pixelfireplace]

Sinclair ZX Spectrum - 1983

source: archive.org

#ZX Spectrum #Sinclair #PC gaming #1980s #80s #retro computing #retro gaming #retro tech #retrocore #retrowave #speccy

[centralbunnyunit]

#i want to go back #retro #zx spectrum #hardware #sinclair #vintage computing

[arjorge1987]

Version para Argentina de Timex Sinclair 1500.

#retro #sinclair #spectrum #timex #cz #1500 #zcerweny #8 bits

[80sheaven]

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k refitted with a new white casing.

#sinclair #zx spectrum #80s computer #80s tech #old computers

[g4rdens-of-b4bylon]

the wlw urge to ship wenclair

but the aroace spectrum urge to headcannon wednesday as aroace

#wednesday addams #wednesday #wednesday the series #wednesday netflix #netfix #wednesday x enid #enid sinclair #wenclair #lgbtq+ #aromantic #asexual #aroace #aroace spectrum #wlw #nblw #lesbian #sapphic #aroace!wednesday #aro #ace #lgbt #lgbtq #queer #jenna ortega #emma myers #enid x wednesday #netflix #headcanon #wednesday headcanons #aroace headcanons

[oldcomputerhardware]

Sinclair User issue 15, June 1982, ZX Spectrum 16k/48k print ad.

#zx spectrum #sinclair #retro computers #cassette futurism #retro gaming

[tequiilasunriise]

Wenclair is great as goth x pastels, sunshine x storm cloud, black cat x golden retriever, sun and moon life and death yin and yang etc etc etc-

BUT!

Have y’all considered how perfectly their vibes encapsulate:

✨ao3 gf x wattpad gf✨

Headcanons below! This got super long sorry not sorry!

Enid is SO a trashy unapologetic wattpad writer who uses text to speech to throw together her surprisingly popular fanfics

Wednesday is a sophisticated ao3 user who secretly enjoys getting constructive criticism of her novels and other short stories that she posts there

Enid is the typa author to reply to EVERY comment with heartfelt messages and plenty of emojis

Wednesday is the typa author to never reply to comments but deep down enjoys the kudos and compliments

Enid is a oneshot funshot queen, meanwhile Wednesday has several multi-chapter works going on at the same time

Enid has a super spontaneous updating schedule where she’ll post when she posts

Wednesday updates her works every Wednesday (on the nose I know) and follows a STRICT schedule, she has never missed an update day not fer anything ever

Enid prolly has a cutesy username like ‘kittygotclaws’ or smth idk I dont go on wattpad

Wednesday goes by ‘DaysEnd’ on ao3 and REALLY it's quite on the nose

Everyone knows of Enid's wattpad acc bc she openly talks about it even on her blog, everytime a fic hits some sorta milestone she flexes it to the whole friend group like some sorta proud soccer mom

Wednesday is SUPER SECRETIVE about her ao3 acc, Thing is the only soul who knows of it bc he helps beta read

DaysEnd being a rising ao3 fan favorite amongst the Nevermore student body omg so true so slay of you Miss Addams (she tells Thing she does not care for such popularity but deep down revels in people actually appreciating her work, unlike some publishers out there)

They really like her strong imagery, plot twists, and her stories are pretty gore-heavy but the narration is quite compelling (seriously, she goes so in depth on random macabre shit like different types of murders, ways to cover up said murders, poisons and upkeep on daggers and all this dark shit etc etc that a popular comment she’ll get is ‘hey not to be rude but whats your search history like because how do you KNOW all this??’)

Meanwhile Enid mainly writes fanfics of her fav kpop bands and other OTPs that are often AUs or canon divergent heavy, sometimes she’ll pop off with the most hilarious fanfic that is pure CRACK

That being said, Enid’s works have some pretty damn good dialogue I just know it in my bones that she’s a character driven type of writer

Her emotional introspection is also? Surprisingly good?? Like damn when the feels hit they HIT, Enid is definitely the type to write the fluffest fluff, the angstiest angst, and the most cathartic hurt/comfort you’ll ever read if you make the conscious decision to look past her occasional grammatical errors and other typos

Wednesday’s original works, on the other hand, definitely aren't as much of a heartthrob, they’re probably more plot driven with less space for overly descriptive emotional scenes (both writing styles are valid as hell, mind you)

One day Enid discovers Wednesday’s secret ao3 and lives to tell the tale because deep down Miss Addams is a GAY GAY HOMOSEXUAL GAY

In exchange for keeping hush hush, Wednesday has to become Enid’s full-time beta reader for every. Single. Fic.

Wednesday HATES such drivel but agrees to such terms in order to keep her secret safe, much to Thing’s teasing delight over how soft she is for her fellow writer (“For producing such literary muck, she does not even deserve the privilege to tarnish such a title.” “I know what you are, Wednesday.” “What kind of threat is that?”)

I mean that being said, Wednesday gets low key invested in the sapphic otp fanfics Enid seems to have a penchant for writing when the fic isn’t kpop centered, her interest stems from uh nooooo reassooonnn noshutupThingthisdoesntmeananything-

When Enid brings up branching out to writing about OCs like Wednesday does-

Wednesday hates fandom terms like ‘OCs’ btw

-Wednesday encourages Enid to branch out in a very… Wednesdayish way

Like, she’s supportive but you gotta unpeel at least three layers of deflection and deadpanning to get to the real meaning

So yeah!! Enid branches out and starts writing silly little oneshots about various OCs, and if Wednesday notes that all of the stories revolve around gay characters, and if Thing notices how invested Wednesday gets in these silly little sapphics to point where he keeps commenting on it….

Andddd that’s the story of how Enid came back to the dorm with Thing being locked up in the drawer while Wednesday is burying her face in her pillow in what looks like a half-hearted attempt of suffocating herself

Anyways Wednesday’s repressed ass starts to ‘vent’ in her fanfics, if people start noticing DaysEnd incorporating more romance into their works no they don't stfu

It gets to the point where she ‘confesses’ to Enid by having Viper confesses to this new bubbly character that was recently introduced (“These feelings you have plagued me with, you make me sick,” said Viper, “And for my sake, I hope there is no cure.”)

Enid, with a lot I mean a metric fuckton of persuasion from Thing, eventually picks up on this and confesses back

Cue Wednesday beta reading Enid’s latest wattpad work and noticing how it’s about two polar opposite roomates who somehow make it work, and when the cheery one says to the gloomy one, “I also hope there’s no cure for the way I feel about you” it suddenly all clicks for Wednesday

Anyways fanfic gfs who slay together stay together <333

#super fucken long post sorry not sorry #if i wasnt super mega burnout i mightve committed to making this a fully fleshed out fanfic #all well!! maybe sometime in the future we shall see no promises tho #ur honor theyre writer gfs on completely different ends of the spectrum but so supportive of the other's creative endeavors regardless #love that fer them no one else doing it like wenclair #i am personally an ao3 writer who is more enid-adjacent when it comes to my writing #i love love LOVE emotional scenes and character driven works #MAD respect to the multi-chapter overlords tho yall the backbone of our society fr fr #wenclair warriors rise up #wenclair #wednesday addams #enid sinclair

[microwavedmaggot]

Aromantic culture is falling for characters (or real people, if you’re into that) who either don’t show their face or don’t have a face.

#I’m on the aro spectrum I can confirm #aromantic #aromantism #arospec #aro culture is #aroace #aromance #i will now list characters who don’t have a face or just don’t show it #slenderman #eyeless jack #ticcy toby #tim wright #vincent sinclair #michael myers #jason voorhees #brahms heelshire #billy lenz #jesse cromeans #bubba sawyer #pyramid head #harry warden #stu macher #billy loomis #asa emory #thomas hewitt #amanda young #sammy lawrence #korekiyo shinguji #sal fisher #add more if you want

[egg-on-a-legg]

computer objecthead but the computer is the head and they have to plug in an external monitor

have a big british punk sinclair zx spectrum

#oc #objecthead #android #computer #sinclair zx spectrum #it is a this machine kills fascists patch it just got weirdly cut off oops #eggsdraws #oc:zee

[nell0-0]

Enid be like “I’m gonna befriend her so hard” 

And then she somehow succeeds 

#wednesday #wednesday netflix #wednesday spoilers #wednesday addams #enid sinclair #wenclair #wenclair friendship #honestly I can see them as both #bi/lesbian disaster Enid and aroace spectrum Wednesday #otp or brotp #both are valid #my art

[pixelfireplace]

source: Sinclair User Magazine - Oct 1984

#ZX Spectrum #Speccy #pc gaming #retro gaming #retro ads #retro computing #retro tech #techcore #Sinclair ZX Spectrum #Sinclair

[techtimechronicles24]

🇬🇧 Immerse yourself in the captivating world of computing through the Sinclair ZX Spectrum—a groundbreaking microcomputer that captured the imagination of an entire generation!

🌟 In 1980, the visionary British entrepreneur and scientist, Sir Clive Sinclair, entered the home computer market with the ZX80 priced at £99.95, marking the era's most affordable personal computer in the United Kingdom. A year later, the ZX81 hit the high street, introducing home computing to a generation, with over 1.5 million units sold.

💻 Released in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd., the Sinclair ZX Spectrum swiftly became one of the most iconic home computers of its time. It dominated the UK's computer sales market, fiercely competing against Commodore and Amstrad. This compact and budget-friendly machine brought computing into countless households.

🕹️ Powered by the Zilog Z80A CPU running at 3.5 MHz and equipped with either 16 KB or 48 KB of RAM, the ZX Spectrum sported a sleek, compact design resembling a keyboard with rubber keys, making it innovative and approachable. Its graphics and sound capabilities were ahead of their time, enabling vibrant games and applications.

⌨️ One of the ZX Spectrum's standout features was its vast library of games. From classics like "Manic Miner" and "Jet Set Willy" to innovative titles developed by enthusiasts, the Spectrum's game collection remains a cherished part of gaming history. The computer's BASIC programming language also inspired users to create their own software.

🖥 Despite modest hardware specifications, the ZX Spectrum nurtured a lively community of developers and enthusiasts, serving as a gateway into the world of programming and digital creativity.

🚀 Over its lifespan, the ZX Spectrum evolved with new models, including the ZX Spectrum+, ZX Spectrum 128, and ZX Spectrum +2, each offering enhanced performance and features while retaining the beloved design.

📺 The ZX Spectrum's impact extended beyond its hardware, playing a pivotal role in the British computing scene, inspiring future generations of programmers and entrepreneurs. Its legacy resonates in modern computing and gaming through emulators and remakes that keep its spirit alive.

📊 At the peak of its success and largely inspired by the Japanese Fifth Generation Computer program, the company established the "MetaLab" research centre at Milton Hall near Cambridge to pursue advanced projects like artificial intelligence, wafer-scale integration, and formal verification.

💔 Financial difficulties in 1985, brought on by the failures of the Sinclair QL computer and the TV80 pocket television, led Sinclair to sell the rights to its computer products and brand name to Amstrad in 1986. Sinclair Research Ltd continued as a one-man company, marketing Clive Sinclair's inventions until his passing in September 2021.

#techtime chronicles #old technology #companies #tech #technology #old tech #technews #information technology #corporations #electronics #sinclair research ltd #sinclair #zx spectrum #spectrum #england #british computing #computer legacy #computer science #computing #computers #computer #retro gaming #gaming #video games #innovation #amstrad #metalab #hardware #software #zilog

[arjorge1987]

Mi Composite Mod para la CZ 1500 (aka Timex 1500)

#retro #cz1500 #cz spectrum #timex #timex 1500 #sinclair #spectrum #zx81 #electronics #electronica #computadora #retro computers

[igetnerdy]

#Sinclair ZX Spectrum #retro computing #retro gaming #vintage #nerd stuff #technology #retro tech #pop art #ai art #artists on tumblr #illustration