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  • Spectrum +2 / +2A keyboard faultI've found this in old Popular Computing Weekly issue: [U] [URL="http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=0b661e61e1cc2d7c"][IMG]http://images68.fot…

    I've found this in old Popular Computing Weekly issue:
    [U]
    [URL="http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=0b661e61e1cc2d7c"][IMG]http://images68.fotosik.pl/392/0b661e61e1cc2d7cm.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

    [/U]It's the first time I've heard ...
    PopoCop PopoCop November 2014 Hardware
  • Spectrum +2a Keyboard bug?If anyone has a Working +2a... I bought a +2a for Christmas 1986 with an 80 Column thermal printer from Dixons. It was bundled with a tape supposed…

    ... a Working +2a...

    I bought a +2a for Christmas 1986 ... it for a replacement +2a had the same fault as well.
    2a and could see if they ... anyone else has the same fault or if I was just ...
    Phil2 Phil2 November 2006 Hardware
  • +2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…

    ... />
    I just bought a +2a off ebay (listed as tested ... key being pressed (a simple fault that I managed to work ... machine powered up, overcome the keyboard fault and now I've just ...
    Steez Steez October 2008 Hardware
  • +2A keyboard - different matrix effectMy friend test keyboard on ZX128+3, ZX128+2A, ZX128+2B and matrix effect (multikeys combination with mirroring) work incorrect (different as on origi…

    My friend test keyboard on ZX128+3, ZX128+2A, ZX128+2B and ... 128/+2). Please test +2A/+3 keyboard with this often used ... combinations for +2A/+3.

    load this keyboard tester (portdemo ... .tap) on yout +2A/+3 and test ...
    velesoft velesoft December 2008 Hardware
  • Interesting Keyboard FaultWhy-oh-why do I keep buying half-dead Speccys off fleabay. Bought this one as a source of spares, it was listed as having a non-working keyboard due…

    ... a non-working keyboard due to a possible ULA fault, I had ... message and a known working keyboard membrane brings no response, I ...
    napoleonblownaparte napoleonblownaparte August 2012 Hardware
  • specie +2/+2A keyboard spring supplierscan i buy new keyboard springs for spectrum +2/+2A anywhere at a price that will not make me jump up and down like a spring ?? [url="https://phot…

    can i buy new keyboard springs for spectrum +2/+2A anywhere at a ...
    mark8bit mark8bit August 2020 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +2A keyboardsI have come across an unusual item here - a ZX Spectrum +2A keyboard which is dark grey in colour instead of the usual black. I always thought that …

    ... item here - a ZX Spectrum +2A keyboard which is dark grey in ... that someone had taken the keyboard off a grey +2 and ... realised that the keyboard connectors for the +2 and +2A are different ...
    rwap rwap February 2010 Hardware
  • +2a Keyboard IssuesMy keyboard sometimes inputs 2 keys at once when I press a key. Sometimes it laggs behind the inputs. Is it possible to fix this by a e.g. cleaning o…

    My keyboard sometimes inputs 2 keys at once when I press a key.
    Sometimes it laggs behind the inputs.
    Is it possible to fix this by a e.g. cleaning or will I have to live with that / replace the keyboard membrane?
    paines paines July 2010 Hardware
  • Grey +2 and black +2A keyboards, funny !!!Hi all, Yesterday I was working on a destroyed +2A (case and motherboard)... I changed the ram, and the MB returned to life. But the keyboard is dead…

    ... dead. I swapped the keyboard of my other +2A, and it worked ... . I dismantled the defective keyboard, but ... on the membrane...
    The +2A keyboard membrane has a 11-line ... line connector.
    The grey keyboard membrane has a 5 line ...
    bugpat bugpat March 2013 Hardware
  • +2 KeyboardHi peeps... I purchased a "faulty" +2a keyboard for my Harlequin build and everything looks pretty clean and no apparent damage to the membranes... I…

    ... peeps... I purchased a "faulty" +2a keyboard for my Harlequin build and ...
    Shugs81 Shugs81 July 2016 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +3 keyboard faultHi all I've powered on my zx spectrum +3 for the first time in a couple of years. It seems to have developed a fault with the cursor keys. I can'…

    ... seems to have developed a fault with the cursor keys. I ...
    schneil schneil July 2020 Hardware
  • Spectrum +2A Keyboard not workingHi - I tested my Spectrum the 1st time in years yesterday and I got the sound the computer makes when you hold down a key. I thought it must be just …

    ... all the keys off the keyboard. I disconnected and reconnected the ... keyboard ribbon cable, but still nothing.< ... have yet to clean the keyboard membrane, but failing that I ... could always buy a new keyboard, but no one seems to ...
    mutant mutant January 2021 Hardware
  • Spectrum +2A Keyboard not workingHi - I tested my Spectrum the 1st time in years yesterday and I got the sound the computer makes when you hold down a key. I thought it must be just …

    ... all the keys off the keyboard. I disconnected and reconnected the ... keyboard ribbon cable, but still nothing.< ... have yet to clean the keyboard membrane, but failing that I ... could always buy a new keyboard, but no one seems to ...
    mutant mutant January 2021 Hardware
  • 128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…

    This is most likely a keyboard fault.

    The Break ... key on your keyboard is most likely stuck on ... ribbons going from the keyboard into black plastic plugs ... the motherboard. (The black +2A has only one ribbon I ... that it is a keyboard fault!)
    thingley thingley June 2007 Hardware
  • Issue 3 board - Free to good homeI have an issue 3 board that someone could scavenge for spares or even repair if they're willing to pay the p&p. I got it off someone on Amibay in a…

    ... seller saying it had a keyboard fault, failing to mention that at ...
    napoleonblownaparte napoleonblownaparte August 2012 Sales
  • Spectrum zx (faulty) games, joystick, tape playerSpectrum boots up but sticks on copyright screen - told this is a keyboard fault. Otherwise in good condition. All manuals (VGC) leads PSU etc Joys…

    ... screen - told this is a keyboard fault. Otherwise in good condition.
    Stevehaley Stevehaley March 2013 Sales
  • Another Spectrum +2 Fault (actually two of them :-)Just picked up a couple of +2s from a boot sale - both *much* better condition than my one - obviously had far less use ;) One was sold as fully wor…

    hmm - the strange keyboard fault and no signal from the ...
    GP GP May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 128k, +2, +3ok i`ve asked a lot of questions over the few days but this is gonna be my final one on whats what unless i get lost once i get my apeccy so here goe…

    ... a +3 mainboard and a +2a keyboard off ebay and put them ...
    KeepGood KeepGood December 2005 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128K heatsink wantedI'm in search of a Spectrum 128k toastrack in a good condition and at a reasonable price (really can't afford a great amount of money). I don't mind …

    ... but the seller says
    "Keyboard fault. Display a bit fuzzy. Case ...
    gtsamour gtsamour June 2007 Wanted
  • Question about Spectrum +2 widthCan someone help me find out some dimensions? I need to know how wide a +2 would be if it didn't had the tape recorder. I don't have one here, and I …

    ... +2 and a black keyboard from a +2A.

    Thanks.[/QUOTE ... aware of course that a +2A keyboard can't be used directly ...
    Phu Phu June 2008 Hardware
  • Disabled Keyboard on +2AJust been messing around with a old +2A I have the thing boots up fine the main screen is crystal clear, the only problem is the keyboard seems to be…

    ... this:

    Disconnect the keyboard and switch on the computer ... pin at one of the keyboard connectors to another pin on ... memory failure)

    A +2A keyboard with all keys faulty is ... off the computer, connect the keyboard, and switch it on again ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2009 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum +2A keyboardsI have come across an unusual item here - a ZX Spectrum +2A keyboard which is dark grey in colour instead of the usual black. I always thought that …

    I think someone has used all the keytops from an early (good condition) +2 ad simply put them onto the +2a keyboard. I cannot think of any other explanation... :-?

    :smile:
    spider spider February 2010 Hardware
  • +3 FaultsI have some Spectrum +3s for testing - looks like they all need drive belts. One will not start up and shows a screen of yellowy green, then one of …

    ... powered-up.

    Both +2A and +3 (and I guess ... CAPS+Space) are "stuck". Your keyboard may be damaged, you could ... it with a good known +2A keyboard (if you have one). If ... it also fails with the +2A keyboard, the ULA (or ASIC or ...
    Zup Zup May 2010 Hardware
  • Memory upgrade for ZX Spectrum 16/48This is external memory upgrade for ZX Spectrum models with 16kB ram. Can be connect also to 48kB models, but need remove 8 dram chips (from sockets …

    ... return value FF as ZX128+2A. Keyboard use same layout as ZX48 ...
    velesoft velesoft March 2011 Hardware
  • Memory upgrade for ZX Spectrum 16/48This is external memory upgrade for ZX Spectrum models with 16kB ram. Can be connect also to 48kB models, but need remove 8 dram chips (from sockets …

    ... return value FF as ZX128+2A. Keyboard use same layout as ZX48 ... ]

    And a real keyboard, by the looks of things.
    Alien 8 Alien 8 March 2011 Hardware
  • Memory upgrade for ZX Spectrum 16/48This is external memory upgrade for ZX Spectrum models with 16kB ram. Can be connect also to 48kB models, but need remove 8 dram chips (from sockets …

    ... return value FF as ZX128+2A. Keyboard use same layout as ZX48 ...
    zub zub March 2011 Hardware
  • +2A - stuck on test signalHi, new member here, hope it's OK to ask for help... I recently rescued my old +2A from my parents' loft. When I tried to test it out, I've found th…

    I'd agree probably a keyboard fault, best way to check I would guess is to (carefully! they are fragile!) unplug the keyboard ribbons then power it on, if it then gets to the menu you know its the membrane (probably) :)
    spider spider November 2012 Hardware
  • Project #1 : Speccy 128k+2 with diVide inside...Hi guys, I just have finished my Super Spectrum #1 The idea (I was thinking of that since 2007) was to fit an english grey +2 motherboard in a +2A…

    ... @bugpat, you replaced the +2A/B keyboard membrane with a gray +2 ... +2A ribbon connectors are wider, so I replaced the (dead) keyboard ... side, I repared another +2A, and having no more working ... the rear end of the +2A keyboard connectors on the motherboard, and ...
    bugpat bugpat May 2013 Hardware
  • Project #1 : Speccy 128k+2 with diVide inside...Hi guys, I just have finished my Super Spectrum #1 The idea (I was thinking of that since 2007) was to fit an english grey +2 motherboard in a +2A…

    ... the rear end of the +2A keyboard connectors on the motherboard, and ... style 48K keyboard connectors, whereas with the +3 and +2a/b Amstrad ... didn't have to make a keyboard matrix ... added dedicated lines to the keyboard connectors for the shifted ...
    memrah memrah May 2013 Hardware
  • +2 empty casing questionJust wanted to know is a +2 gray's casing the same as a +2a or b as I have a grey but would rather the black casing thats on an A or B model.

    In fact you can put your +2 motherboard in the black case of a +2A, it fits perfectly (even the big heatsink), and put the +2 keyboard membrane in the +2A keyboard, like I did when I created my "+4" :D (link in my signature).
    bugpat bugpat June 2013 Hardware
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