Spectrum finishing touches (part 4)
With both Spectrum’s working, I decided on a few upgrades before calling it a day. Both of the cover plates[…]
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Month: September 2020
Fixing the Issue 2 Spectrum (part 3)
On first inspection, the Issue 2 showed a picture with the typical Spectrum coloured border and some flashing bars in[…]
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Fixing the Issue 4 Spectrum (part 2)
After checking the power rails it was obvious that the 5v regulator wasn’t working, so the first action was to[…]
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A tale of two Spectrums (Part 1)
Over the last couple of months, I have been watching YouTube channels of people fixing various retro computers, mainly Commodore[…]
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My First ZX 81 (1981)
I started my computing with a ZX Spectrum 48k. I never really noticed the ZX80/81 and I don’t remember any[…]
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