1982, april 23rd the spectrum was released... think of it like the UK's attempt at the c64..

google has changed it logo to speccy style graphics.. but it's not 100% correct (it wouldn't work on a real machine) :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17776666

there is an exhibit in london for it next weekend that I'm hopefully going to.

I had the ZX81 which I thought was really cool at the time!

I had a 128 Spectrum with a wafer drive.

I believe that my 48K Spectrum Mk2, purchased in 1983, is still fully operational (although it is no longer in my possession).