Brand: Amstrad Consumer Plc. / Autoram Computer
Model: ZX Spectrum +2
Country of origin: Saudi Arabia
Made in: Taiwan
First year of production: 1986
Dimensions: 439 × 174 × 38-56 mm
(feet adds 2 mm; ROM switch adds 6 mm)
Weight: 1728 g
An ZX Spectrum +2, modified to run in a Saudi Arabian dialect, unlike the official Arabic ZX Spectrum +2 which runs in the Egyptian Arabic language.
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This Saudi Arabic Spectrum ROM, named ARAB RAM is not an officially commissioned ROM. It was made by Ramez M al-Halaby & Co. of Jeddah, operating under the name of Autoram Computer, which was known for add-ons to convert ZX81’s and Spectrums into Arabic language machines. Such an add-on is this interface.
Only the 48K ROM has been translated—it does not run in 128K mode when switched to Arabic.
The Arabic copyright reads:
عرب
رام
© اوتورام كمبيوتر
Meaning:
Arab Ram
© Autoram Computer
Thank you Mohammed Habib for your 10 years of research on this subject.