1986 · Computer or hardware
ZX Spectrum +2 (1986)
First Spectrum released after Amstrad bought Sinclair's computer business. It is a 128 KB model with a built-in cassette recorder.
The ZX Spectrum +2 appeared in 1986 shortly after Amstrad's acquisition of Sinclair's computer business and sold at 149 pounds.
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Facts
- Date
- 1986
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home computer
- Maker or publisher
- Amstrad
- Platforms
- ZX Spectrum
- CPU
- Zilog Z80A
- CPU speed
- 3.5469 MHz
- RAM installed
- 128 KB
- Colors
- 8 (two brightness levels)
- OS shipped
- Sinclair 128 BASIC
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- ZX Spectrum 128 (predecessor, 1985)
- ZX Spectrum +3 (sibling, 1987)
- Amstrad buys Sinclair's computer business (same maker, 1986)
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