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"Spectrum names?" you means Sinclair home computer names?
The ZX80 came out in 1980 and the ZX81 came out in 1981. They both used a Z80 cpu. As did the speccy. AFAIC the ZX80/81 were named after the year and the speccy coz it was in colour.
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"Spectrum names?" you means Sinclair home computer names?
The ZX80 came out in 1980 and the ZX81 came out in 1981. They both used a Z80 cpu. As did the speccy. AFAIC the ZX80/81 were named after the year and the speccy coz it was in colour.