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So basically Spain taxed computer machines with less than 64kb memory, so Amstrad introduced a computer with 72kb, with an additional 8kb that was soldered but

So basically Spain taxed computer machines with less than 64kb memory, so Amstrad introduced a computer with 72kb, with an additional 8kb that was soldered but not even connected. Clever! I'll look for the Alan Sugar' autobiography as well.

Zardoz84 6y ago
Other side effect was the Inves ZX Spectrum+ and the ZX Spectrum 128K . On this case, the computer had really 128KiB, a Spanish keyboard and translated ROM. From : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum#spectrum128 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum#spectrum128 "In 1985, Sinclair developed the ZX Spectrum 128 (code-named Derby) in conjunction with their Spanish distributor Investrónica (a subsidiary of El Corte Inglés department store group).[28] Investrónica had helped adapt the ZX Spectrum+ to the Spanish market after the Spanish government introduced a special tax on all computers with 64 KB RAM or less,[29] and a law which obliged all computers sold in Spain to support the Spanish alphabet and show messages in Spanish."
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