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=== Play it Again, Sam ===
 
Speaking of backward-compatibility problems, the SAM Coupé, a next-generation Speccy, was released byin Miles1989 Gordonas Technologya (MGT)next-generation in 1989Speccy. Inspired by a terminated project at Sinclair Research (someand ofdesigned whoseby former Sinclair employees formedat Miles Gordon Technology (MGT), the SAM was faster, withhad better graphics and a lot more RAMspecs than any Spectrum, - but without Amstrad'sthe intellectual property that now belonged to Amstrad there was a limit to how compatible MGT could make it.
 
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=== Clones & Emulators ===
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=== Others ===
* ZX Interface 1 - released by Sinclair shortly after the first Spectrum. Provides an [[w:RS-232|RS232]] port and connectors for Microdrives<ref>A midget data tape produced by Sinclair</ref> and a proprietary network.
* Several mice and floppy drivesdrive controllers, including...
** MGT's Disciple: a floppy drive controller that, unlike the Spectrum +3, used common disk sizes. Included a printer port and the ability to snapshot the Speccy's state.
** +D, thea cheaper successor to Disciple, added a printer port and a button to snapshot the Speccy's current state.
* Fuller Orator, a sound box using the AY-3-8912 (the same sound chip that was built into later Spectrums).
* Mikro-Plus: Puts 16K external RAM in place of the ROM, so it would also count as a hacker tool - but this was marketed by games publisher Mikro-Gen to allow bigger games to be loaded.
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