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| Serial number A 108-057585. |
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| Launched in 1985, the 128 was held back in the
UK until the following year to allow time to clear
the large stock of Spectrum+ still in the shops. |
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| Apart from the heatsink added to the right-hand
end its appearance was the same as the Plus. |
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| An RGB output allowed the computer to be connected
to a monitor or the AV input of a television. At
the front is a port marked Key Pad but to the best
of my knowledge this was not released apart from
in Spain. |
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| The Spectrum could only access 64 kilobytes at
a time but the other 64 could be used to great effect
particularly in games requiring multiple screens.
It could also be used as a pseudo disc drive, although
any data would be lost on reset or power off. |
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| On power-up, the 128 displays five options: Tape
Loader, 128 BASIC, Calculator, 48 BASIC, Tape Tester. |
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| In 128 BASIC, keywords are typed in full and not
with single key presses as in 48 BASIC mode. |
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