I bought my first computer, a Sinclair Zx Spectrum 48k, on July 14, 1984, 11:32am. And I still love computers, programming, networking, messaging... :-)

First of all, my Zx Spectrum emulator for the Sony Ericsson P900 cellphone!

English resources (risorse in inglese):

• Zx Spectrum is better than Commodore 64: a true story

Italian resources (risorse in italiano):

• Lo Spectrum in Italia (the Zx Spectrum in Italy), che è anche il sito ufficiale della rivista bimestrale gratuita Zx Notizie distribuita in formato PDF da inizio 2004 (official site of "Zx Notizie", an Italian fanzine about Zx Spectrum);
• La mailing-list ''zxspectrum'' su freelists.org - consiglio caldamente di darci almeno un'occhiatina, perché siamo molti appassionati che ancora smanettano, scrivono software, progettano, etc! (an Italian mailing-list for Spectrum fans);
• Enciclopedia ''Il mio computer'', confronto tra Spectrum e C64 (notes about the Italian translation of "The Home Computer Course" by Orbis Publishing Ltd, London 1983);
• Calcolo T-states e frame-time per lo schermo dello Zx Spectrum (calculating T-states and frame-time of screen image generation on Spectrum 48k and 128k models);
• Zx Spectrum: definitivamente migliore del C64 (English translation); versione ridotta dell'articolo: clicca qui
  (detailed report on how the Spectrum won the big match agains the C64, here in Italy, in 1985);
• Trucchetti verbali dei sessantaquattristi per dire che il C64 sarebbe migliore dello Spectrum (how C64 guys try to badmouth the Zx Spectrum)
• Lo Z80A vive ancora! (the Z80 is still alive!), Faggin, l'inventore dello Z80 (Federico Faggin, the Italian who invented the Z80)
• Rassegna telegrafica dei più famosi home computer degli anni ottanta (that is: why here in Italy C64 and Spectrum computers got 90% of the home computer market)
• progettazione degli home computer dei primi anni ottanta (that is: why Spectrum was a better project than Commodore 64)
• La mia epopea informatica (brief history of my computers).

Main resources:

• RAMsoft's RealSpectrum emulator: the unbeatable, fastest and most accurate Spectrum emulator in the world, including almost any Spectrum hardware clone and peripheral. If you didn't try it, you cannot understand what does "true Spectrum emulation" mean!!!
  
  
• Chrome: the Italian Spectrum clone, created in the year 2004 with less than a dozen components! Have a look!
  
  
• Speccy 4 ever, another great site dedicated to Zx Spectrum;
  
  
• Marat Fayzullin's Z80-engine;
• Rastersoft's ''FBZX'' Spectrum emulator;
• Erik Kunze "XZX-Pro" Spectrum emulator;
• huh... I should add too many links here... just follow their links pages to find out other Spectrum-related sites and Spectrum emulators.

Some other famous sites:

• Federico Faggin, the father of the first world microprocessor (the Intel 4004), father of the Zilog Z80, father of the Synaptics touchpad.
• Zilog, the company founded by Faggin producing Z80's still today.
• Gaby, one of the greatest site for CP/M fans. The CP/M ("Control Program for Microcomputers") was THE operating system for Z80-based machines.

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