ZX Spectrum - Кворум-64 (Old-Hard №80)

The ZX Spectrum is a computer that has become legendary in our country thanks to the vast number of clones. Therefore, it's appropriate to review it using a clone as an example. And the Yekaterinburg Quorum-64, recently given to me, will help us with this :-) 00:00 Introduction 01:09 Historical background of Sinclair products 03:19 Sinclair computers before the ZX Spectrum 05:38 Very smoothly moving on to the prerequisites for the emergence of clones 08:43 Why the Quorum-64 is specifically "64" 10:54 A few words about shadow memory and CP-M/80 12:34 Looking at the Quorum-64 and comparing it with the original models 17:08 Example of sound from a speaker and TV 17:40 Cassettes and loading 20:32 Ours vs. foreign (cassettes and more) 23:34 NOT cassettes 25:51 Game console based on the ZX Spectrum 26:31 Floppy disks 27:47 Interface, BASIC and Keyboard 35:58 Game loading, border 41:43 Sound and music 44:20 Graphics and character spaces 51:02 First-person shooter (?!!!) 52:01 Games and controls 54:46 Games in Russian and Russian games 56:14 ZX Spectrum today 1:00:50 What else to watch or read A story about the "Elf" console from Charoplet    • Эльф на основе ZX Spectrum 48K - (Пересказ...      • Приставка Эльф на основе ZX Spectrum 48K   More details about "Elf", including an emulator http://zxbyte.ru/alf.htm Sinc Lair channel and podcast with its author    • Подкаст "Олдскульный четверг" №5. В гостях...   Old-Games.RU podcast - episodes about ZX Spectrum    • ZX Spectrum - Музыка и Игры  (Old-Games.RU...   (music and games)    • Лучшие Эксклюзивы ZX Spectrum  (Old-Games....   (exclusives)    • ZX Spectrum в России (Old-Games.RU Podcast...   (Spectrum in Russia) "Unknown Sinclair": http://zxnext.narod.ru/history.htm "The Real Clive Sinclair: Watch, TV, and Electric Car" (video by Kim Justice, translated by Schwarzenpuch)    • Настоящий Клайв Синклер: часы, телевизор и...   CP/M-80 on a Quorum clone https://habr.com/post/122762/ ZX Evolution clone http://nedopc.com/zxevo/zxevo.php Games From the author of "Alter Ego" (play online!) http://www.retrosouls.net The game "The Dark," modified by Stanislavov for loading from a tape: http://www.old-hard.ru/files/THE_DARK... BasinC V1.7 http://arda.kisafilm.org/blog/?p=1230... A decent Russian wiki about everything related to Spectrum: http://speccy.info/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3... List of games in the release: Alter Ego Beyond the Ice Palace Boulder Dash Chaos: The Battle of Wizards Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine Dark Fusion Exolon Golden Axe Jetpac Metal Man Remixed Paperboy Soldier of Fortune The Dark You can support the project with a kind word, a like, and a comment... or even with hardware, toys, or through Boosty: https://boosty.to/old_hard For other help: http://www.old-hard.ru/help #zxspectrum #quorum64 #spectrum