Morning Overview on MSN

ZX Spectrum with 48KB RAM pulls off a Kerbal moon landing

YouTuber and orbital mechanics expert Scott Manley has successfully landed a virtual Kerbal astronaut on the Mun, the in-game moon of Kerbal Space Program, using a ZX Spectrum home computer equipped ...

YouTuber lands on Moon using a ZX Spectrum. Conditions apply

Could Sinclair's 48k Sinclair ZX Spectrum land a spacecraft on the Moon? YouTuber Scott Manley decided to find out, and the answer is… kind of. Phrases along the lines of "they landed on the Moon with ...
BBC

‘It was our rock'n'roll’ - How the ZX Spectrum became a 1980s icon

The ZX Spectrum was a 1980s icon which played a starring role in the revolution that brought computers into the UK’s homes for the first time. The 8-bit computer arrived in 1982 with its distinctive ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

Enthusiast 'lands' on the moon using hardware from the 1980s

YouTuber Scott Manley demonstrated using a ZX Spectrum home computer launched in 1982 to land a spacecraft on the Kerbal ...
NME

ZX Spectrum at 40: a look back

Looking back from a world of smartphones and Xboxes, it’s astonishing that such a commercially successful product could have happened with this unglamorous and flawed piece of equipment. Yes, I’m a ...