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Title: ZX Spectrum is coming back as a Bluetooth keyboard
Post by: PLOD11 on 11, March, 2014 - 13:04:26
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/zx-spectrum-is-coming-back-as-a-bluetooth-keyboard-1211655

Blimey  8)
Title: Re: ZX Spectrum is coming back as a Bluetooth keyboard
Post by: dansretropod on 11, March, 2014 - 13:17:26
Saw that a few weeks ago and I did initially like the idea of connecting a speccy keyboard into the iPad via Blutooth until I read the disturbing reports about the keyboards creator (Elite Systems) having many classic speccy games in the various App Stores where they had not got permission from the original game developers or paid any royalties from the sales of game apps to the original devs:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2014/feb/13/zx-spectrum-kickstarter-over-unpaid-developer-bills (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2014/feb/13/zx-spectrum-kickstarter-over-unpaid-developer-bills)

Shame really, it would have been a good idea, but as a fellow game developer, I wont be touching it >:(
Title: Re: ZX Spectrum is coming back as a Bluetooth keyboard
Post by: vanpeebles on 12, March, 2014 - 08:21:11
There is a thread a mile long on worldofspectrum concerning the activities of the company. Royalties left unpaid all over.
Title: Re: ZX Spectrum is coming back as a Bluetooth keyboard
Post by: jockywilson11 on 23, February, 2015 - 12:12:41
Spectrum Vega is on its way - http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31018244