Sinclair ZX80

This one sits at the edge of what the method covers — vector displays, add-on hardware, or design that fights the one-machine, hands-on approach. It may earn a curriculum; it may stay a reference. No lessons here today, and we won't pretend otherwise.

The honest bitThis isn't a dead end. The page is real — there's just no curriculum on it yet.

The machine itself

CPUZilog Z80

Architecture8-bit · z80

Typecomputer

RegionUnited Kingdom

Made1980 · Sinclair · Cambridge

Further afield

Wikipedia · search for Sinclair ZX80
Timeline · where ZX80 sits on the timeline
The Vault · history, people, and culture

In the meantime

/sinclair-zx-spectrum/

Start on a live machine

The Spectrum is ready today — same craft, same bar. A fine place to begin.

/vault/

Read about it now

The Vault holds history, people and culture — no curriculum required.

/systems/

See the whole fleet

Every machine we mean to teach. Find where this one sits.