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Name: Z80 Op Codes more
Manufacturer: Hewson Consultants Ltd
Year: 1982
Type: Miscellaneous
Price: £1.45

Name: Zeaker Micro-Robot more
Manufacturer: Colne Robotics Co Ltd
Year: 1983
Type: Robot
Price: £69.50
Blurb: Spectrum controled, 2 wheeled robot.

Name: Zeal Power Remote Switch more
Manufacturer: Zeal Marketing Ltd
Year: 1984
Type: Miscellaneous
Price: £2.95

Name: Zeal Sound Booster more
Manufacturer: Zeal Marketing Ltd
Year: 1984
Type: Sound/Speech
Price: £14.99
Blurb: Clear sound with volume control.

Name: Zero2 Robot more
Manufacturer: Intergalactic Robots Ltd
Year: 1985
Type: Robot
Price: Less than £100 claims the ad.
Blurb: Small robot, controled via any RS232 port on your Speccy.

Name: Zetec Joystick Interface more
Manufacturer: Zetec
Year: 1982
Type: Joystick
Price: £20.95

Name: Zetec Keyboard Interface more
Manufacturer: Zetec
Year: 1982
Type: Keyboard
Price: £14.95

Name: ZON X Soundbox more
Manufacturer: Bi-Pak Semiconductors
Year: 1982
Type: Sound/Speech
Price: £32.75
Blurb: "Make amazing sounds with your Spectrum." 8 octaves, 3 channels with full control over pitch, volume, tones and noise, all with envelope control. Usable in your own Basic or M/C programs. Because this devices used the A4 address space, it is not compatable with the Interface 1 and Micrdrive. Because this was originaly a ZX81 interface, a small additional board is required. It sits between the ZON X and the Spaccy, and conatins a 3.5Mhz oscillator to stabalise the frequency.

Name: ZXATASP more
Manufacturer: Sami Vehmaa
Type: Disk

Name: ZX Box more
Manufacturer: Interservice Electronics Ltd
Year: 1983
Type: Sound/Speech
Price: £9.95
Blurb: A Sound Investment. Bring arcade style sound to your Spectrum. Sound Amplifier.

Name: ZXCF more
Manufacturer: Sami Vehmaa
Year: 2003
Type: Disk

Name: ZX Diskface Plus A more
Manufacturer: Dataputer
Year: 1991
Type: Disk
Price: CZK 1990
Blurb: Disk interface with the snapshot button.
Note: Intel 8272 FDC, 720Kb floppy disk capacity, OS: DP-DOS or CP/M.
The manual came as an e-Book (DP-Manual).

Name: ZX Diskface Plus B more
Manufacturer: Dataputer
Year: 1991
Type: Disk
Price: CZK 2990
Blurb: Disk interface with the snapshot button.
Note: Intel 8272 FDC, 720Kb floppy disk capacity, OS: DP-DOS or CP/M.
The manual came as an e-Book (DP-Manual).

Name: ZX Diskface QUICK more
Manufacturer: Dataputer
Year: 1991
Type: Disk
Price: CZK 1990
Blurb: Disk interface with the snapshot button.
Note: Intel 8272 FDC, 720Kb floppy disk capacity, OS: DP-DOS or CP/M

Name: ZX Interface 1 more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Year: 1983
Type: Telecom/Network
Price: £49.95 (or £29.95 when purchased with one or more ZX Microdrives)
Blurb: Controls up to 7 Microdrives. Built-in RS232 interface. Network up to 64 Spectrums. This, along with the Microdrive, revolutionised the way that the Spectrum worked. For the first time, Spectrum owners could experience fast access times and super-fast loading.
Note: Allows connecting the ZX Microdrive. An RS232 Lead was available separately.
The ROM image is available at Phil Kendall's The Spectrum ROMs Collection.
A complete disassembly of this ROM was published in the book Spectrum Shadow ROM Disassembly (Melbourne House).

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Name: ZX Interface 2 more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Year: 1983
Type: Joystick
Price: £19.05
Blurb: ROM cartridge interface with twin joystick ports.
Note: Sinclair's second interface did not take off like the first one. This ROM interface was produced to try and keep up with the consoles. Instant loading ROM cartridges were produced for the interface, licenced by Sinclair. Only 10 titles were ever available:
- Planetoids (Sinclair Research Ltd)
- Space Raiders (Sinclair Research Ltd)
- Backgammon (Sinclair Research Ltd)
- Pssst (Ultimate Play The Game)
- Cookie (Ultimate Play The Game)
- Jetpac (Ultimate Play The Game)
- Tranz Am (Ultimate Play The Game)
- Hungry Horace (Sinclair Research Ltd)
- Horace and the Spiders (Sinclair Research Ltd)
- Chess (Sinclair Research Ltd)

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Name: ZX Interface "C" more
Manufacturer: MICRO-STUDIO
Year: 1987
Type: Add-on
Price: 11000 HUF
Blurb: Commodore floppy and printer interface. Operating system in eprom (32K), last known version 1.2. Reset and NMI buttons. The freezer option is using the C= floppy with normal or turbo (9600-19200 baud) speed. Built-in tape to tape copier. Screen copy to floppy or printer (M1:1, M2:1, correct colour). Cold/warm reset. Optional program break add-on.
Note: The following pheripherals could be connected:
- Commodore floppy
- Commodore printer
- Centronics printer
  - standard EPSON
  - correct colour EPSON
  - MPS-801 and compatibles
  - MPS-802
  - SEIKOSHA GP-250
- RS-232
- KEMPSTON joystick

Name: ZX Loader Aid more
Manufacturer: Fulcrum Products
Year: 1982
Type: Cassette
Price: £11.95
Blurb: Cure tape errors when loading. LED's indicate correct volume setting.

Name: ZX Lprint more
Manufacturer: Euroelectronics
Year: 1983
Type: Printing
Price: £41.40
Blurb: Any Centronics printer can be used, as any graphics, user-defined characters and the like have to be programmed in by the user each printer has ways of doing graphics and special characters. The instructions are so simple that they are printed on the bottom of the unit.
Note: A printer cable was available for £12.08

Name: ZX Lprint III more
Manufacturer: Euroelectronics
Year: 1984
Type: Printing
Price: £34.95
Blurb: THE ZX LPRINT III, from Euroelectronics is one of the most comprehensive printer interfaces available for the Spectrum. With a choice of both Centronics and RS232 in the one interface it will satisfy most users.
Note: Serial and parallel cables were available for £9.95 each.

Name: ZX Microdrive more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Year: 1983
Type: Cassette
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Sinclair's mass storage device. Uses a tape loop to 'emulate' a disk drive, offers random access and fast loading. This device alone improved the Spectrum 100%, allowing 85K per cartridge. Loaded a typical 48K program in 9 seconds. (requires ZX Interface 1)
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Name: ZXM Soundbox more
Manufacturer: Timedata Ltd
Year: 1983
Type: Sound/Speech
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Sound box based on the 8912 chip. Includes twin joystick ports. Volume control, amplifier & speaker.

Name: ZX Printer more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Year: 1982
Type: Printing
Price: £39.95
Blurb: 50 characters/sec.
Note: Also manufactured by Timex Computer Corporation, as the Timex/Sinclair 2040.

Name: ZXS Speech Synthesiser more
Manufacturer: Timedata Ltd
Year: 1984
Type: Sound/Speech
Price: £24.99
Blurb: Speech synthesis box. Needs ZXM to amplify sound.

Name: ZX Spectrum 48K Edge Protector more
Manufacturer: DIGITAL Szamitastechnikai Szakuzlet
Year: 1986
Type: Add-on
Price: 2500 HUF

Name: ZX Spectrum 128K Keypad more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Year: 1986
Type: Keyboard
Price: £19.95
Note: This numeric keypad was an optional expansion for the ZX Spectrum 128K.

Name: ZX Spectrum Amplifier and Pocket Radio more
Manufacturer: SADU Electronics
Year: 1983
Type: Sound/Speech
Price: £9.95

Name: ZX Spectrum Analog Joystick Interface more
Manufacturer: GoCom
Year: 2005
Type: Joystick

Name: ZX Spectrum Expansion System more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Year: 1984
Type: Add-on
Price: £99.95
Note: The ZX Spectrum Expansion System comprised the ZX Interface 1, a ZX Microdrive, plus a set of 4 cartridges: a Demo Cartridge, Games Cartridge, Business Cartridge, and an empty one.

Name: ZX Spectrum Holdall more
Manufacturer: Cheetah Marketing Ltd
Year: 1983
Type: Miscellaneous
Price: £7.99

Name: ZX Spectrum Peritel more
Manufacturer: CGCT Industries
Year: 1985
Type: Add-on

Name: ZX Spectrum Smartmedia Interface more
Manufacturer: GoCom
Type: Add-on

Name: ZX Tapeloader more
Manufacturer: Elinca Products Ltd
Year: 1983
Type: Cassette
Price: £14.99
Blurb: Trouble free loading and saving. Switchable load/save. Meter shows level. Filters cut out the noise to create the best signal possible.