> QL-looking for the Spectrum
I was going to object, but probably right to just skip the horror of the true Spectrum keyboard.
> QL-looking for the Spectrum
I was going to object, but probably right to just skip the horror of the true Spectrum keyboard.
Maybe they meant the ZX Spectrum II, known to some as “The Toaster” for some reason.
Rubber keyboard, I heard it referred to as dead-flesh.
It put me off computing for a few years, that and all the bloody modes for different keywords.
You are mixing up several different computers here.
> Maybe they meant the ZX Spectrum II
No. There was never never a "Spectrum II".
The second model after the original 16K and 48K was the ZX Spectrum Plus, in a keyboard derived from the 1984 Sinclair QL design.
http://www.retro8bitcomputers.co.uk/Sinclair/ZXSpectrumPlus
Then the 3rd model was the ZX Spectrum 128, in the same keyboard, but with more ports and a large external heatsink.
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2584/sinclair-zx-spe...
> known to some as “The Toaster” for some reason.
Nope. The 128 was known as the "toastrack" for the heatsink.
> Rubber keyboard, I heard it referred to as dead-flesh.
Not since the Plus model, no.
After the 128, Amstrad bought the brand. It launched the ZX Spectrum +2 and +3.
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/3648/Sinclair-ZX-Spe...
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/509/Sinclair-ZX-Spec...
Those are the closest to the nonexistent model number "II" but they do not have the QL-derived keyboard.