Argentinian Sinclair Spectrum

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This version of the Spectrum was assembled in Portugal, but never saw a full release. They were intended for the Portuguese and South American markets, most were to have the Timex Sinclair branding. They predated the ZX81 Timex machines, the TS1000 and TS1500, by nearly a year.

This machine appears to be identical to the Czerweny CZ-2000, which found its way to Argentina, with the lettering changed to ''Sinclair Spectrum''

A few of these machines with the Sinclair branding appear to have made it back to the UK, as this one has stickers on the computer and power supply that reads:

Supplied by SYNTAX COMPUTERS
76 Cornwall St., Plymouth PL1 1NS
Telephone: (0752) 28705
Equipment & software for home & business

The power supply is a standard Sinclair one, except for a European two pin plug, and as with all TS2000 machines, this Spectrum is a standard 48K issue 4B motherboard, a sticker on the inside of the case reads: 'P 068973 MODEL M 332 48 K'

The case moulds of the Timex TS1500 were used in black for this computer, and the Czerweny CZ2000 machines in Argentina, (see picture) while the case moulds were used to make the grey cases for the Timex TS1500 machines, which were the Sinclair ZX81 variant.

Manufacturer: Sinclair
Date: 1982



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Argentinian Sinclair Spectrum Manuals:

Item Manufacturer Date
A Course in BASIC Programming - ZX80 Operating Manual Science of Cambridge 1980
Technology Research Disk Interface Manual Technology Research Ltd 1984
Servicing Manual for ZX Spectrum Sinclair Research Ltd Jan 1984
Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 Manual Sinclair 1986
Spectral Manual (East German ZX Spectrum Clone) Hübner Elektronik 1988

Argentinian Sinclair Spectrum Articles:

Item Manufacturer Date
Memories - The Tatung Einstein (1) Unknown
Memories - My History of Computing - From a School Teacher Feb 2009

Magazines RELATED to Argentinian Sinclair Spectrum in our Library

Item Manufacturer Date
Your Computer - June 1982 Jun 1982
Personal Computer World - June 1982 1 Jun 1982
Personal Computer World - October 1982 Oct 1982
Personal Computer World - November 1982 Nov 1982
Personal Computer World - January 1983 Jan 1983
Practical Computing - August 1983 Aug 1983
Acorn User - Christmas 1995 1 Jul 2009
Acorn User - May 1997 15 Jul 2009

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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH34822. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

 

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