What's In The Box - my 1st - Sinclair Dreams Come True - 8bit Vintage Computer - a Gift

Thank you to P.J. Nieland for this wonderful box of Sinclair Gifts!
I will cherish these forever and expect many videos in the coming years of me enjoying the Speccy 48!
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[@tommik1283]

Yes! The original Spectrum 48k. The most iconic model that defines the standard...

[@davidmcilroy1578]

It’s the classic version and so many hours spent in the 80s (and since 😉) with friends on these. 🙌🏻

[@RetroHobbyMag]

What an amazing gift. I'm totally chuffed for you. ❤

[@lunarmodule6419]

Well deserved!

[@GenerationPixel]

No house is a home without a Speccy. You looked almost as excited as I did on opening my first Spectrum in '82. Happy gaming and coding, my friend 😎👍

[@TheOneTrueSpLiT]

You must be having the same feelings as I did back in June of 1982.

[@AtariCrypt]

What a brilliant bloke Paul is. Generous gift that 😊

[@FrozenWell]

Amazing gift

[@melthebell33]

my speccy back in 1983 was that machine, still fondly remember it, my favourite keyboard

[@gperch]

It warms my heart to hear you said zed ex :)

[@UltimatePlayTheGame]

Congrats TJ. Great to see you have an OG ZX Spectrum 48K at long last, and an amazing gesture by a member of the Spectrum community to gift it to you. I got a ZX Spectrum 48K as a Christmas present in 1984. Literally my only present that year as those things weren't cheap at £149. Which in 1984 was a LOT of money!! I was so happy to receive my 1st home computer at 11 years old. I'd been teaching myself BASIC coding on the school BBC B computer from aged 8, and had been badgering my parents about a home computer since then. I was saving pocket money to buy myself a ZX81, but then was blown away when I got the Spectrum for Christmas. I remember loading up my first game, Jet Pac by Ultimate Play the Game (who I later worked for albeit in their later incarnation, Rare), and upon removing the tape from the tape player, my mum shouted "No, you'll lose the game". Of course I replied and told my mum the computer has a memory, and the game is stored safely within it, whilst I removed the tape. Suffice to say JetPac still worked after removing the tape from the tape player lol I sold my OG ZX Spectrum when I upgraded to a ZX Spectrum +3, and then around '86 I bought myself an Atari ST. The +3 was used for a while after, but of course I ended up transitioning to the Atari ST full time eventually, and learnt to code in 68000 assembly. I still have my +3, Atari ST and in fact many retro computers and games consoles. I did end up buying a new rubber key 48K spectrum later on to replace the one I sold years before. I also bought an Amstrad CPC 464 + green CRT monitor, and manged to acquire a Commodore Vic-20, Commodore 64, Amiga A500 plus lots of games, from a friend who's father had passed. My wife wishes I'd get rid of all my retro stuff, but there's no chance lol. Aside from my OG Spectrum which I sold to get the +3, I never sell my old retro computers / consoles, which is probably why I've around 37 computers / consoles and all the software, with hardware spanning from the early 80's up to the present day with the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X games consoles etc.

[@jjcollins]

Hi TJ! I have recently discovered your channel, and over the past few days I have watched a bunch of your videos. I can't express how much I enjoy your enthusiasm, comedy and humor on your videos. It really is a breath of fresh air to see someone doing what they love, for the right reasons, and knowing that they enjoy what they are doing. This was a really cool unboxing, and from what I have seen, I don't think that this could go to a better person. I'm in the US as well, and while I have known about the zx spectrum for a few decades, I have never seen one here. Just wasn't popular, and sold here very little, or not at all. However, I have been regaining interest myself as of late, and I think with the new retro games version on the way, more people in the USA will check it out. I think from now on, we should refer to you as the US ambassador to all things Sinclair! : ) I've been greatly enjoying the channel and look forward to more videos to come.

[@MacSociety]

Thanks for giving my channel a chance and watching some of my videos. I like that US Ambassador of Speccy, lol! I also consider getting a The Spectrum too. Just have to wait and see of the budget permits me to do it. Enjoy yours if you buy one.

[@justinwormleighton7433]

What a nice bloke to send you those gifts and an original Spectrum 48K as well...and in such lovely condition as well Tj!

[@mattmyers9351]

Great video TJ! Congratulations on getting your very first ZX Spectrum 48k model!!

[@MacSociety]

Thanks!

[@miked4377]

damn ..thats some cool sinclair stuff...i love the bag ...nice computer!!i want one...!love the energy you and excitement you have for these great machines!!😊

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

What a mega score!

[@TheOriginalChazno5]

🤣🤣🤣I'll be messaging you as soon as I 'Hit' the 'Did I stop recording this video?' button 🤣. Great video again TJ! You now are the owner of the original 48k rubber keyed Speccy 🤩I am very envious. I've owned the 48K and 48K+ models which came after this with the plastic keys and then the 128K which I also loved. I've never owned the original rubber key version though which you now do - Enjoy TJ Ferreira - Love the t-shirt by the way 🌈⌨💻👍

[@danestegman155]

Good video! TJ! I am jealous! I do have a Spectrum Plus 128k, that I got, years ago! You got some great Speccy stuff there!

[@stuartguest141]

Congratulations on getting an original Speccy at last! Mine went years ago, but I'll make do with a "The Spectrum" later this year. I'm a Next owner as well, but I can't resist the feel of the old (well, new, I guess 🙂) rubber keyboard once again. 😀

[@dempseydiscus]

Wow I did'nt know you did not have a 48k rubber keyboard Spectrum, and I thought you were a Spectrum fan 😂 its a must, but you have it now, so thats great, it was also my first computer.

[@MacSociety]

yeh crazy, right! I have almost every other model Sinclair but the OG 16k and 48k until now, I have one finally.

[@justinwormleighton7433]

I shall watch this later Tj!

[@Florin76]

What a nice gift! The IF1 is worth more thank the Speccy 48K rubber key :)

[@MacSociety]

I don’t know what an IF1 is. 😁

[@Florin76]

@@MacSociety the ZX Interface 1 = the peripheral that TJ hols at 11:50 in the video which allow the Speccy to use micro drives (small tape cartridges) and networking via serial port that looks like a joystick port at the rear of the IF1 :) Yeah, you can connect in a ring network several Speccys !!!

[@TweetyLTWG]

@@Florin76 @MacSociety I never used That NetWorking port, thought it was a joystick port, But I used Always the Kempston port on my (gone to heaven) Opus Disc Drive.

[@islygon]

That is really cool! Looking forward to you firing that up! Maybe play a good game of Jumping Jack on it! :)

[@MacSociety]

@@islygon you Bast$&#%^*! lol

[@islygon]

@@MacSociety 😁

[@stephenelliott7071]

Lol it looks like masking tape (used in painting). Aw the original rubber keyed speccy (my very first computer).

[@johnwiesen4440]

My first one was a rubber keyboard Spectrum 48k. I had the overlay for Elite it made it a lot easier to play. One thing I got for all of my Spectrums is the ZX-HD HDMI interface I use it on many ZX Spectrums and clone ones. Its not as cheap as a SCART lead and the audio does not come out of the TV. Therer is a good chance yours is a PAL one.

[@MacSociety]

@@johnwiesen4440 I love my ZXHD. Best way to get quality video on an old Speccy.

[@retrorobbins]

Alien 8 is a fantastic game if you know what to do isometric retro goodness , a futuristic all-time classic from ultimate play the game .. who were the gold standard in games development back in the day ..

[@firsteerr]

i had (and have had several ) 48k rubber key as my very first computer i had to do jobs (paper round putting stalls out down the market at 5am every Saturday ) to get the money together a whopping £129 of the queens pounds and i had to save up another £15 for a bush tape player to get it going wonderful hours on my black and white portable playing with this thing ..and to save money i would buy magazines and type in over many hours the code for what turned out to be terrible games , there was the odd good one i could save on tape then copy to tape to sell for a pound at school i also pirated "daly Thompsons decathlon " by connecting my portable cassette player to my dads music centre , sold about twenty of them

[@MacSociety]

we are all pirates in the end. argh! haha

[@MarcKloos]

You're the *sincla'r* guy?!!

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

An historic moment. 😊 Will you buy the Retro Games UK "The Speccy" coming in November?

[@MacSociety]

Unsure, because of $$ and not because I don't want. I want 1 for sure but we shall see.

[@MarcKloos]

What?! You didn't have a rubber 48 yet?! I'm a cool Dutch guy myself too! If I had known... !😮

[@TweetyLTWG]

Still using a Spectrum from time to time? Nog steeds een Speccy gebruiker? P.J.

[@MarcKloos]

@@TweetyLTWG ja, en ik zal altijd een Spectrum gebruiker blijven! Heb je al een The Spectrum besteld?

[@TweetyLTWG]

@@MarcKloos nee, ik heb wel de Next, en dat is me genoeg, heb ook nog de 128k

[@MarcKloos]

@@TweetyLTWG Bij mij is het simpel: ik heb ze allemaal*. *) uitgesloten zijn de moderne versies als de Omni, Harlequin, Xberry Pi, ZX Touch

[@TweetyLTWG]

@@MarcKloos ik gebruik de Spectrum Next veel, ben ook een liefhebber van chip muziek gemaakt op de 128 of Next en zelfs van Atari ST, heb al veel opnames op mijn KZbin .

[@eightbit1975]

TJ, did you say you use your tweeter on X? Too much information. I thought this was a family channel! Just kidding! Nice Speccy!

[@headcrab4090]

Is it Christmas already?

[@cv643d]

Did you get a bunch of rollos too?

[@thomasrotweiler]

No manuals ?

[@MacSociety]

I own many Speccys and have manuals for the +, etc... so I am covered.

[@TweetyLTWG]

I don’t think he can read Dutch, dus die handleidingen heb ik maar achterwege gelaten. And including those would add extra weight, and sending that box to the US was already more than 50 bucks..😮