Sorry for sounding like a dunce. ive seen a rubber keyed speccy in a local retro shop. How can i tell if its a 48k or 16k model without switching it on the peeps in the shop have no idea.
hold it up to a light, there is a small hologram sticker hidden just inside the back of the motherboard slot that you will see twinkling with 48k or 16k on it. ;)
If its anything like the BBC we had the museum, which was hilarious but tragic at the same time. Consider it a cautionary tale.
Some guy brought us a BBC he had recovered from his loft, he was quite proud he had found it and told us many stories of his time with it. So we took it from him in faith it had been looked after. It hadn't the inside was full of dust, due to being in the loft. It powered up ok but within three minutes burst into flames.
Obviously we quickly extinguished it (trying not to laugh)but sadly his precious BBC was no more.
So clean it or at least try to clear out dust with air sprayer before power up. Unless you want that to potentially happen.
my loft spells death to televisions, I don't recall ever having recovered a telly from the loft which has worked for very long once I've decided to use it again (usually for a gaming session)
So clean it or at least try to clear out dust with air sprayer before power up. Unless you want that to potentially happen.
Pretty much any beeb will smoke heavily when you first turn it on after years in storage as it toasts the filter capacitor. The first job should be to remove the paper mains cap and replace it with a polythene one.
I've never heard of one actually combusting before but I guess if there was enough fluff in the PSU next to an ignition source... whoops.
Missing chips can be detected by weighing. But that probably is not allowed too.
More serious now:
A spectrum that is offered as 'not tested' should be regarded as a defect 16K machine from which the ULA chip already is removed. Or replaced by a 8255...
There often are very good reasons for not testing, one wonders how these were ever detected.
it's revenge for leaving it in the loft for 20+ years ;) . I think once folk do it once, they won't again .. and it costs all of what ?2-4 to fix *BEFORE* you switch on the machine :)
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is rubbisher a word? Oo
Dictator is perhaps my favourite.
Some guy brought us a BBC he had recovered from his loft, he was quite proud he had found it and told us many stories of his time with it. So we took it from him in faith it had been looked after. It hadn't the inside was full of dust, due to being in the loft. It powered up ok but within three minutes burst into flames.
Obviously we quickly extinguished it (trying not to laugh)but sadly his precious BBC was no more.
So clean it or at least try to clear out dust with air sprayer before power up. Unless you want that to potentially happen.
got one up there now
Pretty much any beeb will smoke heavily when you first turn it on after years in storage as it toasts the filter capacitor. The first job should be to remove the paper mains cap and replace it with a polythene one.
I've never heard of one actually combusting before but I guess if there was enough fluff in the PSU next to an ignition source... whoops.
More serious now:
A spectrum that is offered as 'not tested' should be regarded as a defect 16K machine from which the ULA chip already is removed. Or replaced by a 8255...
There often are very good reasons for not testing, one wonders how these were ever detected.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU55-7dWMi0
it's revenge for leaving it in the loft for 20+ years ;) . I think once folk do it once, they won't again .. and it costs all of what ?2-4 to fix *BEFORE* you switch on the machine :)
Are you trying to wind me up? :lol:
PRINT PEEK 23732 + PEEK 23733 * 256
48k - 65535
16k - 32767
Dictator needs 48K. You might be thinking of the ZX-81 version though, as that only needs 16K.
All right then,
3D Tanx?
Yep. Excellent choice.
Stockmarket?
Is Stockmarket the one that shipped free with early Speccys?
I made a million on that, and the game didn't end, or say I'd won.
and I'm still moaning about it 30 years later.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekadv.cgi?what=1®exp=&yrorder=1&year=0&type=0&players=0&turns=0&memory=1&language=0&country=0&licence=0&feature=0&publi=0&release=0&format=0&scheme=0&scorder=1&score=0&have=1&also=1&sort=1&display=1&loadpics=0
thats including all type ins, later games etc
dint know ah diddums or adventure 1 was 16k
if the first two digits of your postcode added together are divisible by 3 you are related to Matthew Hopkins. Fact.