Today, the excellent More Fun Making It posted his latest video on YouTube, and this one caught my eye in particular
In his video he explains about how a custom, hand built and bespoke (his words, not mine) ZX Spectrum that he had auctioned off on Ebay and then got lost.
The ZX Spectrum had been built specifically for a charity event, with all the proceeds going towards The Befriending Scheme – a UK organisation whose aim is to have a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable people.
The Spectrum was fairly unique: it had a transparent case, with a white cover and keyboard with a purple board inside. It was also included a cassette deck and a ZX-HD adapter – all bundled together into a custom flight case to keep it all together.
It was eventually won at auction and was soon to be sent to a happy new owner in the US. However, it never made it any further than somewhere between Ebay, US Customs and UPS – and not to the one person who was eagerly awaiting it..
For the full story, I highly recommend you watch the video – and if you are into retro computers, especially Speccy’s, then please check out his other videos as well whilst you are there