Hello,
I bought one 16k in 1982 (still have it)
Spectrum is a great home computer. Faster than C64 and with a much clear Basic.
The sound was not very good, but they made miracles, like the tune of Agent X.
Later, 128k came with a decent soundchip. More or less the same yamaha of the original Atari ST.
There are thousands of g-r-e-a-t games for Spectrum.
There are some impressive demos for Spectrum (I'm thinking of one called kkolor).
Comparing to C64, Spectrum demonstrations are much more creative, thus making me think that C64 was less versatile. In fact, you can play many games that look like C64, but you can't play head over heels @ C64...
Well for me, Spectrum is the father of Amiga. Same spirit.
Spectrum has also the best emulators (in all O.S., inc X and Workbench), sometimes better and stable than the real machine.
So YES: this computer is a legend not because of propaganda, but by it's own merits. -Exactly like Amiga.
