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Le 26/10/2015 20:24, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
> On 26/10/2015 07:19 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>> Le 26/10/2015 20:05, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
>>> (Wait, you can *print* from a Spectrum? I never knew that!)
>> 
>> Yes, there was a thermal printer (for thermal paper) to connect
>> on the expansion bus.
> 
> Huh. I did not know that. Come to mention it, I don't remember
> there being an expansion port!

You remember the pcb at the back, that is the expansion bus... At
least for the original 16k and 48k model. I do not remember if there
was a default plug/cache on it or if it was all time open.

The 128k wasted all: the keyboard and rear was different. (and the
128k were via bank switching of 16k... otherwise, it was like a 32k +
16k switched... and the double size rom (16k x 2) was also switched.
Well, it's only a 16 bits Z80, what did you expect !

> 
> Ah, the hours I wasted with our Spectrum hooked up to a portable 4"
> CRT monitor. Do you know what 8x8 characters look like on a 4"
> screen with manually-tuned RF? I do...

Mine was hooked on TV. oh the battles vs the TV shows.
Only 2 colours per 8x8 pixels was the main drawback of the display.
(and the fancy flash mode bit... hardly documented, surprising to use)
That, and only 8 colours.
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