Spectrumpedia second edition - it's here!

[Alessandro]

Thank you @Jbizzel

An update for Volume 1. The index still listed the Spectrum clones from the USSR/former USSR with the order based on Italian transliteration. This has been corrected. Also, some minor inconsistencies in the translation of the same section have been amended.

[Jbizzel]

I also listened to the podcast which was great. The 9 tiles guy in episode 1 was taking about how he planned to make Sinclair basic much quicker but wasn't able to because Sinclair wouldn't pay them anymore.

Would a faster basic lose comparability with the original?

And did anyone ever bring out a faster basic with compatible syntax?

Probably stupid questions

[Alessandro]

Update time!

Volume 1, English edition:

- Some untranslated text in the contents has been amended.
- New, better pictures for the Rotonics Wafadrive, Multiface and Plus D and the Unipolbrit 2086, Elwro 800 Junior, Jet, Delta (black) and Hobbit clones, plus other pictures restored at higher resolution.
- Some minor amendments to the text in Chapter Four.

Volume 2, English edition:

- Some untranslated text in the contents has been amended.
- Added entries for the ZX Nucleon clone and the Beta Disk 128C/128X/128 Mini Controller, D80+K Controller 80, Multiface 128C, External ROM Card 64/128/Super ROM Card 256, Orpheus and ADPI8225A peripherals, plus the relevant links in the Bibliography/Web resources.
- Added an entry for the NOXOM ZX Interface II-compatible cartridges and a relevant link in the Bibliography/Web resources. The Recreated ZX Spectrum picture has been removed to make room for it.
- Several pictures have been restored at higher resolution.
- A different picture for the ZXATASP has been inserted.

[Alessandro]

Another update.

English edition, both volumes:

- Some amendments and integrations in the text.
- Some pictures have been replaced by others of better quality or restored at higher resolution.

Volume 2, English edition:

- Added an entry for the Quazar ZX-ECUTOR, ROM cartridge and ROM slot peripherals and a relevant link in the Bibliography/Web resources.
- Added more information and a new picture to the Videobit entry and a relevant link in the Bibliography/Web resources.

Any feedback, by the way?

[Alessandro]

It's update time again!

Volume 1, English edition:
- Several pictures have been changed in Chapters 1 and 2.
- Added a picture of the Acorn advert of December 1984 that sparked the fight at the Baron Of Beef.
- Some corrections and integrations in the text.
- Some mistakes in the photo credits have been corrected.

Volume 2, English edition:
- Some untraslated isolated words in Chapter 1 have been translated into English.

[+3code]

Any feedback, by the way?

Not sure if it's enough interesting, but the +3 had an unofficial Romanian clone in the market between 1992 and 1994, Electronica CIP-04, https://www.old-computers.com/museum/co ... st=1&c=704

[Alessandro]

Not sure if it's enough interesting, but the +3 had an unofficial Romanian clone in the market between 1992 and 1994, Electronica CIP-04, https://www.old-computers.com/museum/co ... st=1&c=704

Yes, it is so interesting that it is already mentioned in the book in fact Check Vol. 1, pages 384-385.

[+3code]

Yes, it is so interesting that it is already mentioned in the book in fact Check Vol. 1, pages 384-385.

Ouch!

Edit: I've relooked the two PDFs to be sure not to make other dumm sugestion, and is this: a small comment about the hardware-based emulators for other 8 bits systems like Einstein, Enterprise and Memotech (for the section "Emulators on other systems"):
http://www.primrosebank.net/computers/m ... ulator.htm
http://www.tatungeinstein.co.uk/front/specgames.htm
https://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museu ... /index.php

Edit2: ah, sh*t, I see, in "Historical profile" you comment about them. Then no more sugestions

[Alessandro]

Thanks anyway

Another update today, for Volume 1, English edition:

• Several other pictures have been replaced in Chapters 1 and 2, again with new ones expressely taken for this edition.
• Some corrections and integrations in the text.

There are more news coming, so stay tuned!

[Alessandro]

Some more updates today, with a change in the work's structure.

Volume 1, English edition:
- Some more better pictures in Chapter 4.
- Some corrections and integrations in the text.
- The bibliography, resource and photo credits have been moved to Volume 2, Chapter 4.

Volume 2, English edition:
- The foreword has been removed (it was identical to that of Volume 1).
- Some entries in the Emulators section of Chapter 2 have been revised, and one for Z80 Stealth has been added.
- Chapter 4 now includes the bibliography, resources and photo credits for the whole work.

Enjoy

[StooB]

Page 325 of volume 1 (Knight Lore) hasn't been translated in the English version.

and

Page 191 - Chuckie Egg was 1983.

[Alessandro]

Thank you for your observations @StooB.

Page 325 of volume 1 (Knight Lore) hasn't been translated in the English version.

No, it's been translated actually - remember the original is in Italian - but in another language, and somehow it slipped in the English edition

Page 191 - Chuckie Egg was 1983.

OK.

The next update will contain the relevant changes, and more

[Alessandro]

Time for another update

Some corrections and additions have been made to the text. In particular:
- Volume 1: the entry for the Timex Sinclair TS 2068 has been expanded.
- Volume 2: information about the Stellarmode video mode has been added (also check the bibliography/web resources in Chapter 4) and information about emulators has been updated.

[Alessandro]

Another update for the English edition:

Volume 1:
- Some corrections and integrations in the text.

Volume 2:
- Some information about the Spectrum Next video modes have been revised.
- Some entries in the Emulators section of Chapter 2 have been updated.
- An entry about the AT Computer Systems IT/UK Learn Computer has been added.
- Some minor integrations in the text.

The final revision is getting close: I think Volume 1 has taken its definitive form, while Volume 2 maybe still needs a final touch. Even now, however, I am evaluating some options for a possible printed edition.

Also, there is something else that is going to surface anytime soon. Stay tuned!

[Alessandro]

And here is the final revision!

And for the joy of all Spanish-speaking Spectrum fans, there is also an edition in their language! It was translated by me with a lot (really!) of help from Duefectu, which some of you might remember as the author of Cuadragon Next, a very nice adventure/RPG for the Next.

Both will be soon available also as printed, full-colour high quality paperbacks from Amazon KDP. Hopefully they will pass the revision from KDP before Christmas, so that Santa will be able to deliver them to you if you wish News will be given at the usual web page and on this forum.

Enjoy your reading! ¡Feliz lectura!

[Alessandro]

A slight update: the Spanish edition contained some errors in the page numbers listed in the contents section at the beginning. They have been corrected, so if you downloaded the files before, please replace them with the current ones. Sorry for the inconvenience.

For Spanish-speaking folks, a YouTube live commentary about the new Spectrumpedia will soon be broadcast on Javi 'El Spectrumero' Ortiz's channel. Here is your humble writer announcing it, plus some early impressions by Javi:

[Alessandro]

A couple of typos in the first volume of the English edition have been corrected. Thanks to @the.beginner who spotted them!

[Alessandro]

And at last, the printed edition can be purchased!

Actually due to KDP's peculiar schedules, the English edition might not yet be available on Amazon.co.uk, however you can save it in a list so that you should know when it will be fully available for purchase. The other markets already list it instead.

Also, the Spanish edition can be purchased right now.

At the same time, the freely downloadable PDF files have been slightly revised in some parts, Some typos were corrected and some more information in chapters 1-2 and 2-1 was added. The bibliography has been slightly expanded with some new indications. Their content is identical to that of the printed book.

I hope you will enjoy the printed book in case you buy it, I chose to have it printed with the best possible quality and am satisfied with the final result.

All links for purchase can be found at the usual web page.

[Nitrowing]

All links for purchase can be found at the usual web page.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks ... dro+Grussu
Pricing is all over the place

[Alessandro]

If you go to the official web page at https://www.alessandrogrussu.it/sp.html you can find the relevant links for purchasing the books on the different markets: UK, US, ES, DE, FR etc.

So that you can just click on one of them and order the volume.

[Alessandro]

Hi, in case someone had problems in ordering both volumes from Amazon.co.uk, they have been resolved. Just click on the links on the official web page on my website and there you are.

[Alessandro]

The downloadable PDF of Volume 1, English edition, had a formatting error in the section about the Spectrum 16/48K that disrupted impagination for many of the following pages. I overlooked it because in the last few days I was more concentrated on the version for printing, which is free from that flaw.

The error has been corrected so that you can download it again. Sorry for the inconvenience!