It all started in Christmas 1983 (I remember cos I got Bugaboo The
Flea) when I got my first Spectrum 48k rubber keyed computer.
I was only 8 years old and the machine cost £135, which was a lot those
days.
ZX Spectrum 128k+ (x2)
Later my brother and I bought a second hand 128k Spectrum from one of his mates for £60.
Unfortunately I sold this to get funds toward an Amiga 500 in 1991 :{.
Later I realised I didn't have to part with my Speccy and could have had both :{{
Recently I purchased an unboxed 128k+ from Ebay only to get a cheaper boxed on the following week from a car boot fair.
ZX Spectrum 128k +2 (Grey)
Back in September 1995 I purchased a 128k Plus 2 from my Sister-In-Law for just £5 and a pair of jeans.
Now I have found another great source of Speccy finds, car boot fairs are an excellent hunting ground to
find Spectrums and their software. I've bought a few more spectrums now and have decided to collect
the whole set. At the fair I've aquired loads of software and peripherals and now own 3 more of them:
ZX Spectrum 48k+ (x3)
I actually have three of these, two have faulty keyboard membranes, but that's easily fixed.
They are different motherboard issues though; the working one is rev 4 and the faulty ones are rev 6a
ZX Spectrum 128k +2a (Black)
One of my mates from University kindly donated to me along with his software collection.
ZX Spectrum 128k +3
Got this speccy from a car boot fair for £7, but the floppy drive doesn't work, and although I've
replaced it with a know working one, it still doesn't work. I suspect a dodgy chip somewhere.
Hmm It does now ;-), some of the discs are dodgy though