{"id":12486,"date":"2015-04-30T15:20:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T14:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12486"},"modified":"2015-04-30T15:20:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T14:20:51","slug":"sinclair-spectrums-join-together-with-raspberry-pi-to-solve-33-year-old-programming-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12486","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair Spectrums join together with Raspberry Pi to solve 33-year old programming problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regmedia.co.uk\/2014\/12\/02\/sinclair_zx_spectrum_original.jpg?resize=560%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the ZX Spectrum was launched in 1982, chapter 19 contained a programming problem: use the BEEP command to play Mahler&#8217;s first symphony funeral march. Well, some programmers from\u00a0Oxford&#8217;s Museum of the History of Science, led by Matt Westcott, have taken 12 Spectrum computers and networked them together with a Raspberry Pi. 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