Original ZX Spectrum.
I have an early ZX Spectrum 48K,which I bought for my son when they first came out.
Will it be possible to use it?
I see two problems, one being how to load programmes without a cassette player - though the BASIC should still be accessible for 'constructed' inputs, just they will not be able to be saved when the machine is switched off (?)
The other problem I can foresee, which might be insolvable (though I do have a possible solution) is whether a current TV set will work as a monitor?
As I understand, the 405/625 lines changeover started in 1964 - well before the Spectrum (1982), but I believe that current TV sets are 'digital' - and don't have the coaxial socket for the aerial input that was used by the Spectrum.
I don't have a digital television, but my idea would be to give the Spectrum to my son for his son (who is already older than his father was in 1982). They don't have an analogue TV (but I do).
What do you think?