{"id":435,"date":"2022-02-20T12:12:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T11:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/?page_id=435"},"modified":"2024-05-18T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T11:37:44","slug":"sinclair-zx-spectrum-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/?page_id=435","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"435\" class=\"elementor elementor-435\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dced115 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dced115\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16d95c7\" data-id=\"16d95c7\" 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*\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22_2_1aa-1024x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5757\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22_2_1aa-1024x420.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22_2_1aa-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22_2_1aa-768x315.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22_2_1aa-1536x630.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/22_2_1aa.jpg 1915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 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Datacorder bolted on to the right hand side similar to the Amstrad CPC464, technically it was very similar to the ZX Spectrum 128. CEO Alan Sugar of Amstrad was so confident of closing the Sinclair takeover deal that he had his Hong Kong team redesign the 128 into the +2 even before the deal was signed so the machines would be ready for Christmas of 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The 48K mode ROM (&#8216;ROM 1&#8217;) got its Sinclair copyright replaced by that of Amstrad (which caused compatibility issues with a few program titles), the 128K mode ROM (&#8216;ROM 0&#8217;) was stripped from the Tape Tester option since the tape recorder was now built-in and apparently didn&#8217;t need any more testing. The ULA was rebranded as AMSTRAD 40056 but was otherwise identical.<\/p>\n<p>Two joystick ports were added using the decoder chip from <a style=\"background-color: #c70101;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/?page_id=518\"><u>ZX Interface 2<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;(&#8216;MT62001 MCE 8344&#8217;, now branded as AMSTRAD 40057) but were not wired according to the de facto ATARI standard, thus requiring Amstrad-made joysticks (the notoriously bad &#8220;Sinclair SJS1&#8221;), third party adapters or joysticks with dual plugs (usually a black connector for Atari and a grey connector for the +2).<\/p>\n<p>UK suppliers still had parts for the original 128, thus a number of machines were manufactured in the UK to use up stock and fulfill the agreements Sinclair had made with these suppliers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brand:\u00a0Amstrad Consumer Electronics Plc.Model:\u00a0ZX Spectrum +2Country of origin:\u00a0United KingdomMade in:\u00a0Taiwan<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/?page_id=435\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-435","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11236,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435\/revisions\/11236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclaircollection.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}