I recently decided to buy my daughter her home computer because of the start of computer studies at school, and so she wouldn't have to use mine. I own a 48K Spectrum.

My initial idea was to buy my daughter her own Spectrum. This I would have done, had I not come across a really amazing micro. Its sound and graphical capabilities are astounding. With sockets for Centronic printer, joysticks, video and hi-fi outputs already built-in.

The more I studied the specifications, the more I discovered how superior it was to my own humble Spectrum. So much so that I have decided to give the Spectrum to my daughter and I am keeping the new one.

You are most probably wondering which micro I am writing about? It is a Sord M5, which I can highly recommend.

David Hambly Ilford, Essex