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How the Spectrum
compares
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ZX Spectrum | BBC
Micro (Model A) |
VIC 20 | Atari 400 | TI99/A | TRS-80 Colour | |
Basic unit inc. VAT | £125 | £300 | £190 | £345 | £300 | £450 |
Standard RAM | 16K | 16K | 5K | 16K | 16K | 16K |
Standard RAM available using high-res graphics | 9K | 3K | N/A | 7K | 14K * | 10K |
Maximum RAM | 48K | 32K | 29K | 16K | 48K | 32K |
Sound generator | ||||||
Colours available | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 |
Maximum colours on screen at same time | 8 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
Flash | ||||||
BRIGHT or equivalent | ||||||
High-res graphics (>40000 pixels) available for PLOT and DRAW | ||||||
User-definable graphics | ||||||
Full upper/lower case ASCII | ||||||
User-definable character set | ||||||
Screen display (columns x rows) | 32x24 | 40x25 | 22x23 | 40x24 | 29x24 | 32x16 |
Auto-repeat on all keys | ||||||
Cassette interface for all normal recorders | ||||||
Baud (data transfer) rate | 1500 | 1200 | 300 | 1200 | 450 | 1200 |
LOAD and SAVE | ||||||
VERIFY | ||||||
MERGE |
* But no PLOT or DRAW.