The much rumoured Sinclair PC 200 was finally launched at the PC Show, although it is unlikely to be seen in the shops until November. It is quite a large machine compared to the Spectrum 18 inches long and 13 deep but at least it is BLACK, and has the SINCLAIR logo. However, that is where the Sinclair family heritage ends. The new computer is as similar to the Spectrum in use as was the illfated QL. The PC 200 is, in fact, an Amstrad PPC512 in a black case and has no real chance of running any Spectrum software, or even making use of data created on the Spectrum. The new Amstrad, sorry, Sinclair has a proper IBMcompatible keyboard with more than twice as many keys as the Spectrum, laid out identically to an Amstrad PPC; a single 3.5 inch floppy disk drive holding up to 720k of data as with the PPC; a mouse and builtin parallel and serial ports for connection to printers, modems, etc. A second disk drive can be fitted externally.

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