I thought some others here might be interested to see there is a new (and probably final) Kickstarter for the Spectrum Next. The Spectrum did finish up as an Amstrad machine, after all. The Spectrum Next 3 includes emulation for the C64 and there have been requests for CPC compatibility too. I don't know whether that will be added, but it would be of much more interest to me if it was shipping with CPC compatibility.
ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 by Henrique Olifiers — Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-3-0/)
(Nothing is guaranteed with Kickstarter - this isn't a personal endorsement.)
Already signed up for mine! ;D
Have ordered one of the accelerated black ones. I'm not really that interested in the "Next" aspect of it, but am curious about the underlying technology and how much you can play around with the core development.
Nailed it this time. I've been waiting this for a couple of years now.
good to see, that the campaign is already very successful.
I wonder what is new in the Next3? (you would have to upgrade the Next 1/2 with a 200€ board)
Does it have a larger FPGA? I read, that the expansion bus now includes something for the +3 disc interface.
Yes, it would be cool, if there is a CPC core as well, that would make it even greater (it's my most favourit "remake" retro machine anyway).
SymbOS is mentioned as alternative OS, that's also nice to see.
350 blips (non funny money) for a full system?
Bit rich for my blood but it'll do well and more power to the Speccy Next team.
I'll stick with my +3 and Gotek though.
I think the price is fair, for a new product with a limited production run and for the capabilities it has. The Spectrum +2 cost £150 in 1986, which Copilot says is about £470 today.
It is still a lot of money, though, and if you just want to play old Spectrum games on dedicated hardware, The Spectrum (new retro games keyboard) is less than a third of the price.
The Next is clearly a great machine for hobbyists, but I'm not sure I have the time to get the value from it.
Well for me, it would only end up being a secondary gaming machine. My Amstrad gets my ever decreasing free time with the Speccy and C64 as alternates.
It will do well all the same and that can only be a positive thing.
Having a CPC inside? Cool!
Having a c64 inside? How cares!
Quote from: GUNHED on 15:49, 24 July 25Having a CPC inside? Cool!
Having a c64 inside? How cares!
Some great games on that platform to be fair.
But for me, I wanted a few different machines other than having the Amstrads in my list. There are Ataris', Nintendos, Sega's, Sony's and even a couple of Xbox's in there.
Quote from: GUNHED on 15:49, 24 July 25Having a CPC inside? Cool!
Having a c64 inside? How cares!
I believe there is (or was) a partially functional 6128 core at one point:
https://gitlab.com/victor.trucco/zx-spectrum-next-cores
So it's not like it would be impossible to develop one, if there was enough interest in it.
Quote from: andycadley on 23:31, 24 July 25Quote from: GUNHED on 15:49, 24 July 25Having a CPC inside? Cool!
Having a c64 inside? How cares!
I believe there is (or was) a partially functional 6128 core at one point:
https://gitlab.com/victor.trucco/zx-spectrum-next-cores
So it's not like it would be impossible to develop one, if there was enough interest in it.
Especially, since the CPU (emulation) is already there :)