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You can look at the counter and display and see plenty of computers from other brands that were contemporary to the Spectrum, and that usually were 8-bit computers.
When you are leaving this room, walk through the 6 TV’s on the side – you can even sit down, if you want to – and then find a desk to sit down at.
OTHER CONTEMPORARY COMPUTERS
Even though this is a museum about the ZX Spectrum, it does not mean it is not also dedicated to technology and that it recognizes the importance of many other alternative devices and equipment during that era. In this section we showcase some of those computers, focusing on the most iconic devices and rival 8-bit computers.
The one that deserves the main focus and spotlight is the renowned ENER 1000, a Portuguese computer, the most business-like computer we have in this section. It was developed by the Universidade de Coimbra, and assembled by Enertrónica, in Figueira da Foz. This company was founded during the early ‘80s and whose story we are able to tell in first person.
Also on display is one of the very first models of the Macintosh (the Plus). This is one of the few that was still signed by the Apple team, as was required by Steve Jobs, just like a painter would sign is own masterpiece.
As rivals, we have various British computers, such as the Acorn/BBC, the Oric, or the lesser-known Enterprise. There are also the American Atari 800L, the Commodores
Vic-20 and 64, …
Being showcased are also other devices such as an MSX, and an Amstrad PCW8256 (the first one to use a 3” floppy disk system and that inspired the Spectrum +3).
Due to some logistics related issues, we have not displayed more evolved devices and 16-bit machines, such as the IBM PC, the Atari ST or the Commodore Amiga, that also played a role in computing history.
The one that deserves the main focus and spotlight is the renowned ENER 1000, a Portuguese computer, the most business-like computer we have in this section. It was developed by the Universidade de Coimbra, and assembled by Enertrónica, in Figueira da Foz. This company was founded during the early ‘80s and whose story we are able to tell in first person.
Also on display is one of the very first models of the Macintosh (the Plus). This is one of the few that was still signed by the Apple team, as was required by Steve Jobs, just like a painter would sign is own masterpiece.
As rivals, we have various British computers, such as the Acorn/BBC, the Oric, or the lesser-known Enterprise. There are also the American Atari 800L, the Commodores
Vic-20 and 64, …
Being showcased are also other devices such as an MSX, and an Amstrad PCW8256 (the first one to use a 3” floppy disk system and that inspired the Spectrum +3).
Due to some logistics related issues, we have not displayed more evolved devices and 16-bit machines, such as the IBM PC, the Atari ST or the Commodore Amiga, that also played a role in computing history.