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Tom Bent’s Improved ROM

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Author(s): Tim Swenson
Publication: ZXzine
Pub Details: ZXzine Issue 11 (Issue 11)
Date: January 2025
Pages: 16-17

In early 1985, Tom Bent released an EPROM with an upgraded version of the ZX81/T/S 1000 ROM. It was released as the “Sinclair ZX 8K ROM Upgrade”. The package contained an EPROM and an adapter board to fit the ROM into the socket of the old ROM.

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