I won’t write at all about this little thing, because the internet is filled with info about it and the numerous clones it spawned. What a fkn legend!
More about the Spectrum on Wikipedia.
A nice article about Aphex Twin using the Spectrum to produce music.
Further reading: The official world archive for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
“I used to write my own sequencing programs on the Spectrum, believe it or not. I still built a lot of my own equipment. When I started out I didn’t have any money, so if I wanted to get anything different, I had to change what I had or make something.” — Richard James (Aphex Twin)
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