To Cheveron: Thanks for taking the time of reading the Annual and for your observations, here are my answers:
1) Excuse me, but nowhere in the article it is stated that the Next was Dickinson's last design; it is only said that the last Spectrum designed by him was the 128; and the Vegas are not Spectrums, but handheld consoles that emulate the Spectrum for the strict purpose of gaming. Coming to think of it, the Dickinson Associates website seems to imply (
http://theproductdesigners.com/news.html) that the Vega+ was designed before the Next. But again, this was not discussed there.
2) The article is about my personal impressions of the Next, not the ZX-Uno (also see answer n. 4).
3) Personally (no offence, I know you are involved in its development) I am not that interested in the ULAplus. I think of it rather as a sort of exotic curiosity. Maybe a couple of the games I chose to review for the Annual have a ULAplus version available, but I didn't even think about checking it to be honest. In future Annuals, I'll mention the presence of ULAplus-enhanced versions of titles released in the year for those who are interested (actually you are the first to raise the issue, no one else did before, not even last year).
4) I have no experience of the ZX-Uno so I cannot really say anything about it, at least firsthand. The Annual deals with my personal views and experiences - as stated in the Editorial since the first issue -, is primarily focused on games (those I pick for the reviews and those I made in the year and have in the making) and has no pretension to be all-encompassing. In fact, it is not "the" Spectrum Annual, but "Al's" Spectrum Annual.
