Challenge Sprint |
Release Date | 1984 |
Original Publisher | Challenge Research Ltd (UK) |
Min. Hardware | |
Genre | Hardware: Cassette |
Max. Players | 0 |
Original Price | £64.95 |
Looks like a standard cassette recorder, but plugs into the user port and gives up to 4 times load/save speed. Uses normal cassette tapes and is fully compatible with all existing software. Average 48K program loads in 75 seconds. Also includes a replacement ROM with faster load/save routines. It later became apparent that newer 'turbo-loader' software such as the older Ultimate titles, were not compatible. (Feb 85) |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
ChallengeSprint.jpg | 111,820 | Original | Hardware picture | |||
ChallengeSprint.jpg | 96,394 | Original | Hardware advertisement scan | |||
ChallengeSprint_2.jpg | 109,378 | Original | Hardware advertisement scan |
Sinclair Answers | issue #2-1985/Jan | page 15 | - Review | |
Sinclair User | issue #33-1984/Dec | page 97 | - Review | |
ZX Computing | issue #18-1985/Apr | page 118 | - Review |
Home Computing Weekly | issue #119-1985/Jul/2 special "week#1" | page 8 | - News/Note | |
Sinclair User | issue #33-1984/Dec | page 97 | - Feature - Mass Storage | |
Sinclair User | issue #35-1985/Feb | page 8 | - News/Note | |
Your Spectrum | issue #6-1984/Aug | page 11 | - News/Note | |
Your Spectrum | issue #14-1985/May | page 28 | - Feature - Speed trials | |
ZX Computing | issue #15-1984/Oct | page 18 | - News/Note - Challenge Research tape recorder | |
ZX Computing | issue #16-1984/Dec | page 96 | - Feature - Shop Window - Storage and display |
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