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New 65K colour mode (Aurora compliant)

I didn't know they existed. Just looked at one...pretty cool. They remind me of the Raspberry Pi 400 (although you can't beat those unique QL/Spectrum key tops).


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It's a Rick Dickinson design; you can't beat that

All Sinclair ptoducts were Black...

Is a White Spectrum Next something special?


It is but not due to functionality. There will be no more made ergo they're highly sought after by collectors (in other words; if you get one then you can sell it for a couple grand at least)


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Derek_Stewart wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:48 pm All Sinclair ptoducts were Black...

Is a White Spectrum Next something special?

It is but not due to functionality. There will be no more made ergo they're highly sought after by collectors (in other words; if you get one then you can sell it for a couple grand at least)

As for the Spectrum Next, the FAT32 secret has been lifted, those are specific programs based on the FATFS library, not a QL-side driver.


It was never a secret to begin with :)
We're still thinking of ways to leverage the complete FatFS library in order to allow full access to the Next side of ...

The Q68 and ZX Spectrum Next are not even comparable; definitely there's no competition involved why would it be? Q68 is a very very very capable platform, much more mature than the Next where it comes to the QL core. Granted it's less available than a Next (I'm including the clones here) and I ...

I am aware of Q68, but NEXT Has very nice ports incl Wi Fi, great casing alike Plus and QL, big manual, several other cores, ZX128 compatibility and some software of its own, and QL is just cherry on top. With excerpt of MEGA65 one of best FPGA advancements I have seen, so I am very keen of it ...

Yes. I believe we'll be ready around April 2025. There are only bureaucratic hurdles to bypass otherwise we're ready for production right now. Our last stock was sold for 305 and 335 GBP respectively. How much people charge is insane. There's an Artix version of XBerry Pi coming soon too so you ...

I dislike clone 2 just because its back to Spectrum 48k look.

N-Gos have a wonderful mechanical keyboard (https://manuferhi.com/p/n-go-full-include-wifi-rpi-zero). The rubber key versions that some sell are insane and useless for any kind of meaningful use.


Any chance of 2025 or 2026 ...

Note: it's not YET compatible with either Aurora modes or SMSQ/e


Its really nice feature set and I hope SMSQ/e can be reached.

I wonder how NEXT spectrum keymap works as QL keymap?


It's quite intuitive once you used it for about 15 minutes. Granted CTRL (GRAPH) and Alt (EXTENDED) are a ...