I’d mentioned to my colleagues at SureCloud about my retro computing hobby and, on several occasions, shared various stories with them. This has led to a couple of donations to the cause including this, a Spectrum 128K +2.
George Wilson, an ex-colleague, contacted me on Instagram mid-October 2021:
To which I replied:
I think he was glad it was going to go to a good home.
Anyway, I picked it up from Reading and managed to get it home, despite the best efforts of Cross Country Rail cancelling trains.
In addition to the Spectrum 128K +2, I did get the original power supply with it, along with a Spectrum 48K power supply. It also came with a Sinclair SJS-1 joystick, a Competition Pro, and a Ram Turbo joystick interface.
I was delighted when the unit not only fired up first time with all keys working, but also managed to load a game. Result!
Needless to say I made a contribution to The Centre for Computing History as promised,