i never realized before that the spectrum, and timex sinclair, looked quite a bit different despite having the same innards. the timex one was much more ‘ramped’ in shape (which made it a great door stop in old houses… hehe), and had a membrane keyboard instead of the chicklet style. same ports though… you forgot the 16kb ram expansion.
was my first personal computer as well (the timex version)… still have that doorstop around somewhere. and yeah, i remember punchcards as well… my mother did mainframe programming, so was exposed to computers and programming earlier than pc’s becoming mainstream.
That great! Man, had spent LOTS of time on it, Knight Lore to be precise ))
Btw. Plastic casing is a bit different style imho. It was quite good quality /or intentionaly time-worn out ?? ))