Retrocomputing Asked on November 7, 2021
One of the original Sinclair peripherals for the ZX Spectrum was the Interface 2 which provided joystick ports and also a slot for ROM cartridges:
The cartridges did not catch on though and only about 10 titles were ever released.
But before it was known that it would be a flop, at least one third party company released a compatible ROM cartridge interface, the Ram Turbo:
When I was a kid I bought a joystick and cartridge adaptor for my original 48K Speccy by mail order from the UK. I can’t remember which brand it was except that it was not the official Sinclair one. Maybe it was the Ram Turbo. But were there others on the market as well? I can’t find a definitive list and only some modern retro-era addons are turning up in my Google quest.
Apparently, it was not the only one. I own a Kempston Pro Joystick Interface, which has one joystick port for Kempston/Cursor protocols, two ports for Sinclair 1/2 protocols, and a "games cartridge port". (the epoxy is an attempt of mine to hold in place the plastic part of the edge connector).
Answered by mcleod_ideafix on November 7, 2021
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