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Name: Saga 1 Emperor Keyboard more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £54.95
Blurb: 67 full travel keys. Stylish white case.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11

Name: Saga 2001 Keyboard more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £119.95
Blurb: Infra red keyboard. No wires. 101 full travel keys.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87

Name: Saga 2 Crusader Keyboard more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £59.95
Blurb: Full travel keyboard with full sized space bar.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 4

Name: Saga 2+ Keyboard more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £54.95
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87

Name: Saga 3 Elite Keyboard more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £69.95
Blurb: 87 full travel keys.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87

Name: Saga Compliment more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £299.00
Blurb: Everything you ever wanted in one box. Box contains... Saga 2 Crusader Keyboard, 3.5" disk drive (256k), Parallel printer port, Joystick port, Video out port, PSU. Supplied with 'Last Word, The' word processor, 'Masterfile' database and 'Omnicalc' spreadsheet.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Note: The black box is a thinly disguised Opus Discovery.

Name: Saga Disk Interface more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £69.95
Blurb: Controls 3, 3.5 or 5.25 inch drives, single or double sided, single or double density. Snapshot button to grab and save your programs to disk.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 86

Name: Saga Disk Interface II more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £89.95
Blurb: Features as Saga Disk Interface 1 but includes printer port.
Source: Your Sinclair Nov 86

Name: Saga Flexicable more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £12.45
Blurb: Extend your expansion bus with this flexible cable.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11

Name: Saga GP Graphics Tablet more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £79.95
Blurb: Graphics table for your Spectrum.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 17

Name: Saga Lo Profile Keyboard more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd/Advanced Memory Systems Ltd
Price: £39.95
Blurb: Basically its the same as, or even exactley as, the Lo Profile Pro. seen elsewhere in this index. Later they changed the colour of the case from black to beige.
Source: Your Sinclair Oct 86

Name: Saga Soundboost more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £9.50
Blurb: Internal sound amplifier.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11

Name: Saga Turbo Interface more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £21.95
Blurb: Twin joystick ports. Rom cartridge slot.
Source: Your Sinclair Feb 86

Name: Scorpion Controller more
Manufacturer: Commotion
Price: £249.00
Blurb: External controller unit. CMOS battery backed so once programmed it can operate without the host Spectrum. 24k onboard Ram. Four digital outputs. Onboard processor. Uses Logo language.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 86

Name: Screenex Spectrum Doctor more
Manufacturer: Screens Microcomputer Distribution
Price: £57.43
Blurb: A diagnostic and test unit for Spectrums. Plugging into the rear port, it will run tests and diagnose faults on the motherboard. 15 LED's convey the info about such things as address lines, data lines, CPU and ULA integrity. ROM and RAM checks are also done.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 86

Name: Seil/JMS Interface more
Manufacturer: Seil
Price: £99.00
Blurb: MIDI interface. 1 input, 3 output. Supplied with Live Sequencer software. Originaly imported from Germany, but now available in the UK.
Source: Your Sinclair July 86

Name: Sinclair C5 more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Price: £399.00
Blurb: Electric Car

Name: Sinclair Action Pack more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Price: £149 for the +2, or £199 for the +3 version
Blurb: Made up of a +2 or a +3, one of those appaling joysticks which you're much better off leaving in the box, the lightgun and six fun gun games.
Note: The package consists of the Magnum Light Phaser and the tape Sinclair Action Pack - Lightgun Games.

Name: Sinclair Official Spectrum+ Upgrade more
Manufacturer: Sinclair Research Ltd
Price: £20.00
Blurb: Keyboard and casing upgrade to make your old rubbery Spectrum into a Spectrum Plus.
Source: Your Computer March 85

Name: Sizzle Killer more
Manufacturer: Spectral Products
Price: £5.99
Blurb: Prevents buzz and overheating problems.
Source: ZX Computing Oct/Nov 83

Name: Skywave FORTH more
Manufacturer: Skywave Software
Price: £49.95
Blurb: FORTH on ROM complete with a RS232 and Parallel interface.
Source: ZX Computing Oct/Nov 83

Name: Slomo more
Manufacturer: Nidd Valley Micro Products Ltd
Price: £14.95
Blurb: Program Speed Controller.

Name: Slowmo more
Manufacturer: Cambridge Computing Research
Price: £14.95
Blurb: Slow down or freeze your games.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11

Name: Softest Interface more
Manufacturer: Softest
Price: £35.00
Blurb: Printer interface for all the Tandy printer/plotters.
Source: ZX Computing Dec/Jan 84

Name: Soft-Rom more
Manufacturer: Expandor Systems
Price: £44.95
Blurb: The ultimate tool for machine code programmers. 16k add-on board allows you to page out the Spectrum Rom and use your own. Gives 64k of usable Ram. Extensive use of NMI. Non-destructive reset.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 86
Note: The ROM image is available at Phil Kendall's The Spectrum ROMs Collection.

Name: Solidisk Programmable Joystick Interface more
Manufacturer: Solidisk Technology
Price: £8.50
Blurb: Programmable interface with little information !
Source: Sinclair User Aug 84

Name: Soundrive more
Manufacturer: Flash Inc
Price: £10.00
Blurb: Easy to use 4 channels of 8-bit sound board. There are some digital music trackers and demos with Soundrive support. The device was released as circuit diagram. The Soundrive family has some different models, like "Soundrive" and "Soundrive Baby".
Source: Flash Inc.

Name: SP48 (32k upgrade for 16k Spectrums) more
Manufacturer: East London Robotics Ltd
Price: £23.00
Blurb: Easy installation without soldering. Upgrades your Spectrum to the full 48k.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83

Name: SP80 (64k paged memory upgrade) more
Manufacturer: East London Robotics Ltd
Price: £46.00
Blurb: 48k + a switched extra 32k.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83

Name: S-Pack more
Manufacturer: DCP Microdevelopments Ltd
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Speech synthesiser. Formaly known as the Digitalker. Has a vocabulary of 71 words which can be upgraded by purchasing extra voice packs in the form of ROMs.
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 83
Note: Also known as the DCP Speech Unit.

Name: SpeccyDOS more
Manufacturer:
Price: cca. 8.000.- HUF in the currency exchange rate of the 80's
Blurb: Disk interface for any 360 or 720KB FDD's
Source: Jozsef "Sam. Joe" Samu

Name: Spec-Mate more
Manufacturer: AT&Y Computing Ltd
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Back-up interface. Snapshot any program to tape, Microdrive, Opus or Beta drives. Poke facility.
Source: Your Sinclair Aug 86

Name: Specspansion more
Manufacturer: F B Tronics
Price: £18.50
Blurb: 4 slot motherboard and 24-line bi-directional programmable portboard. On board +5 volts regulator. Built in address decoding available for 3 of the slots. Provision for 4 additional cards. (coming soon RS232, A-D converter, relay and joystick cards).
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83

Name: Spectel more
Manufacturer: Jaytronics
Price: £29.95 (£9.95 for software)
Blurb: Allows you to auto-dial and re-dial telephones numbers stored via the software program.
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 84

Name: Spectre Comms Pack more
Manufacturer: Spectre Communications Ltd
Price: £94.00
Blurb: Twin pack consisting of the Q-Mod, a V23 modem originally designed for the QL, and a ROM based interface to make it work with the Spectrum. The modem supports 1200/75 and 1200/1200 and 300/300. The ROM based software allows both viewdata and scrolling BBS's to be used. The 300/300 option did include a bit of wire cutting though !
Source: PCW July 86
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Name: Spectrum Amplifier more
Manufacturer: CP Software
Price: £5.95
Blurb: Boost the Spectrums sound. Includes volume control, amplifier and speaker. Plugs into the EAR socket. Doubles as a radio when not connected.
Source: Sinclair User Apr 83

Name: Spectrum Beep Booster more
Manufacturer: B.A. Reader
Price: £6.95
Blurb: Boost your beeps !
Source: ZX Computing Apr/May 83

Name: Spectrum Computer Desk more
Manufacturer: PH Scientific Products
Price: £16.00
Blurb: At last a Spectrum computer desk that has everything. Made from tough black ABS. Holds TV, Spectrum, PSU, Printer or tapes.
Source: Sinclair User Aug 83

Name: Spectrum Doodler Lightpen more
Manufacturer: F.E. Electronics
Price: £29.90
Blurb: Create electronic art on your TV screen.
Source: Your Sinclair issue 1 Jan 86
Note: Came with the Spectrum Doodler Lightpen tape.

Name: Spectrum Interface more
Manufacturer: Ram Electronics Ltd
Price: £9.95
Blurb: Joystick interface. Kempston compatible.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 85

Name: Spectrum KC more
Manufacturer: Nidd Valley Micro Products Ltd
Price: £8.95
Blurb: Standard Kempston Compatable joystick interface.
Source: Crash issue 21 (Oct 85)

Name: Spectrum RGB Output Module more
Manufacturer: Adapt Electronics
Price: £36.95
Blurb: Allows you to use your Spectrum on a proper RGB monitor. True TTL/Anologue outputs.
Source: Your Spectrum issue 18

Name: Spectrum Speaker more
Manufacturer: J. Hunter
Price: £5.50
Blurb: Boxed booster with speaker and volume control.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 82

Name: Spectrum Speech Synthesiser more
Manufacturer: Spirit Instruments
Price: £39.50
Blurb: Speech synthesiser using the allophone system. Includes built-in speaker.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83

Name: Spectrum Stand (no official name in advert) more
Manufacturer: E.R. Cameron & Sons Ltd
Price: £23.50
Blurb: Wooden stand to hold your computer, cassette, printer and tapes.
Source: ZX Computing Feb/Mar 84

Name: Spectrum-Stick more
Manufacturer: Grant Design Ltd
Price: £9.95
Blurb: Fits over the cursor keys and provides cursor emulation.
Source: ZX Computing Feb/Mar 84

Name: Spirit Steering Wheel more
Manufacturer: Spirit Software
Price: £8.95 (including game)
Blurb: Controller produced for Spirit Software's Formula One game. advert reads:
"Naturally you cannot steer a racing car effectivley by pushing buttons or wiggling a joystick, so we have developed a steering wheel that fits to the Spectrum."
Source: Your Computer March 84

Name: S-Print more
Manufacturer: Technology Research Ltd
Price: £19.95
Blurb: Standard centronics printer interface.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87

Name: SS1 Speech Synthesiser more
Manufacturer: Computer Add-ons
Price: £39.00
Blurb: Make amazing speech effetcs on your Spectrum. Plugs into rear port. Includes Volume control. Own speaker.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83

Name: Stack 100 Light Pen more
Manufacturer: Stack Computer Services Ltd
Price: £28.75
Source: Your Spectrum issue 4

Name: Stack Light Rifle more
Manufacturer: Stack Computer Services Ltd
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Now you can shoot at the screen ! Plastic light gun allowing you to aim at targets on screen. Splits into smaller pistol stlye gun. Supplied with 3 games.
Source: Sinclair User May 84
Note: Came with the Stack Light Rifle compilation.
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Name: Star Mouse more
Manufacturer: Saga Systems Ltd
Price: £49.95
Blurb: Mouse ! Single button mouse with software.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 86

Name: Stavi 128 Upgrade more
Manufacturer: Stavi
Blurb: Upgrade your 48k machine to a full 128k +2. (no MIDI,rs or joystick) Originally for the Timex machines it later became available for the standard 48k.
Source: Bajtek Magazine (Polish) 1990

Name: Stonechip Echo Amplifier more
Manufacturer: Stonechip Electronics
Price: £19.95
Blurb: Attractive box with controls, amplifier and speaker.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83

Name: Stonechip Keyboard more
Manufacturer: Stonechip Electronics
Price: £39.95
Blurb: 44 key, full travel keyboard. Built-in amplifier with volume and tone control. Reset button. Single key Delete and Extended mode.
Source: Sinclair User Jan 85

Name: Stonechip Programmable Joystick Interface more
Manufacturer: Stonechip Electronics
Price: £24.95
Blurb: Enables any software to be used with a joystick.
Source: Sinclair User Dec 83

Name: Stop-Reveal (unable to assertain if this is h/w or s/w) more
Manufacturer: Kerr
Price: £5.95
Blurb: Stop virtually any programs, even machine code. Reveals listing in programs. (even m/code)
Source: Your Spectrum issue 11

Name: Straight Adaptor more
Manufacturer: Stephen Adams
Price: £9.00
Blurb: Converts the Spectrum expansion bus to the same as the ZX81.
Source: ZX Computing Aug/Sep 83

Name: Suncom Joy-Sensor more
Manufacturer: Consumer Electronics Ltd
Price: £29.95
Blurb: Joystick with a difference. Touch senitive controls.
Source: Computer & Video Games Sep 83

Name: Sunset Video Digitiser more
Manufacturer: Sunset
Price: £126.50
Blurb: 625 line digitiser. 256x192 x 4bit video digitising.
Source: Your Sinclair Jun 86

Name: Super Amplifier more
Manufacturer: Magenta Electronics Ltd
Price: £17.98
Blurb: 250mW output. Variable attack, sustain and delay. Echo feature.
Source: Sinclair User Sep 83

Name: Super-Interface FL1 more
Manufacturer: Kobrahsoft
Price: £24.95
Blurb: An interface that allows you to convert normal tapes into fast-loaders. Save the tape back at one of four speeds.
Source: Your Computer May 1986

Name: Super-Interface MD1 more
Manufacturer: Kobrahsoft
Price: £24.95
Blurb: Back-up interface to allow programs to be stopped and saved to microdrive/wafa or disk drive. Code is compressed during save. Saved programs can be loaded without the interface.
Source: Your Sinclair Jan 87
Note: The same device was later sold by Suredata (YS Jan 87)

Name: Super-Interface OD1 more
Manufacturer: Kobrahsoft
Price: £24.95

Name: Super-Keyboard more
Manufacturer: Individual Software
Blurb: [Replaces the original rubber keys and the metal cover sheet, while still pushing the original keyboard membrane, with small plastic rods.]

Name: Super Sound Spec-Amp more
Manufacturer: Kelwood Computer Cases
Price: £7.00
Blurb: Fully adjustable Spectrum sound amplifier. Plugs into mic socket.
Source: Sinclair User Oct 83

Name: Sureshot Interface more
Manufacturer: Sonmax Ltd
Blurb: Compatible with most software for the 48K, 128K, +2 and +3, & will accept any joystick with a 9 way D plug (e.g. Zipstik SuperPro).

Name: Swift Disc more
Manufacturer: Sixword
Price: £149.99
Blurb: Disk drive, interface and PSU. 3.5 or 5.25 inch drives holding 640k (formatted). Up to four drives can be attached. Transfer is about 7k/sec. Includes joystick port and snapshot button for transfering files. Also has complete hardware Microdrive emulation to support MD comapt. programs.
Source: Crash Issue 44 Sep 87

Name: System 7 Reset Switch more
Manufacturer: System 7
Price: £5.00
Blurb: On/off and reset switch. Saves wear & tear.
Source: Your Sinclair Jun 86