MGT PLUS D

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The +D (or Plus D) was a floppy disk and printer interface for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer, developed as a successor to Miles Gordon Technology's earlier product, the DISCiPLE. It was designed to be smaller, cheaper, simpler and thus more reliable.

It discarded a number of the less important features of the earlier product — the network and joystick ports, the inhibit button and the pass-through connector — and replaced its ancestor's plastic wedge-shaped design which fit under the Spectrum with a simple flat metal slab which protruded from the rear of the computer.

It provided only floppy disk and Centronics parallel interfaces, plus a non-maskable interrupt button. The +D's casing was simple folded steel, which was not only stronger than before but acted as a heatsink, improving reliability. Apart from the missing ports, though, it was software-compatible with the larger device.

Date : 1987

Manufacturer : Miles Gordon Technology

Format : Interface unit

Physical Description : Cardboard box, Cardboard insert, Interface unit, Users Manual, Software on cassette tape

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH55776. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.
 

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