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Spectrum 128+2Greetings to all My Speccy Tape Drive has died. Fully blown :( Is there any way to hook up a external cassete player to the +2? I can't see any "lin…
[QUOTE=DEATH]On a +2a board, Z80 and ROMs away from ... /> We're talking about an Issue 3 board here?
Looking ... the component side of the board, with the modulator away from ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... pointed out on the Atari board the other day, there is ... a "Speccy is more powerfull" issue. Now suddenly it's price ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... pointed out on the Atari board the other day, there is ... a "Speccy is more powerfull" issue. Now suddenly it's price ... -
RAM chips are 4164s and 4564s interchangeableI paid for some 4164s online, for upgrading my Spectrum 16K to 48K, and I've been given 4564s. I've tried these along with the correct logic ICs and …
It's issue two. I followed the info ... 's describing the issue 3 board in the section about issue 2s. I ... a flux pen on the board first. Maybe it's not ... -
Did all Spectrum 128Ks have that large heatsink?Question as per title. I can't seem to find the answer to this. I'm sure I've seen a picture of one without it. Would this be because someone has car…
... . I'm pretty certain that issue number is unrelated to whether ... .[/QUOTE]
No, issue number has some relevance
Issue one, has a light buff ... board and fits on the rear of the motherboard.
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ZX Spectrum +3 - incompatible ?Hello :) I'm newbie here. I know WOS site since years, never checked forum before ;) , but this moment came when I have problem. I wanna buy ZX Spe…
... the +3... while the drive issue has already been mentioned it ... be to get a DivIDE board - it'll set you back ... +2a/+2b) and a DivIDE board or some other IDE interface. -
Fazz dodgy dealings on ebay surely notI was watching this grey spectrum ready to do some sniping and lo and behold the listing ends prematurely it would have been my only hope of getting …
... , the grey one had a issue 1 board, if i get the ... -
Self made membraneHi fellowes, as you probably know, the keyboard membrane seems to be the weakest hardware part in Spectrum. It is not so hard to find in eBay or in s…
... are doing a double sided board, yes? The man said you ... properly won't be an issue.
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Alittle pic of the two different rubber key mats Grey and BlueAnd they are naked too :o Can someone please post a pic of one of the supposed faun coloured speccys i am desperate to see one :) [url]http://www.s…
... be able to identify the issue ones - which is kinda proof ... a giveaway.
However, my issue one has no serial number ... by looking at the circuit board. It doesn't have brown ... -
Alittle pic of the two different rubber key mats Grey and BlueAnd they are naked too :o Can someone please post a pic of one of the supposed faun coloured speccys i am desperate to see one :) [url]http://www.s…
... a giveaway.
However, my issue one has no serial number ... by looking at the circuit board. It doesn't have brown ... -
Alittle pic of the two different rubber key mats Grey and BlueAnd they are naked too :o Can someone please post a pic of one of the supposed faun coloured speccys i am desperate to see one :) [url]http://www.s…
... did the box have ?,what issue programming book did it have ... picture is i think an issue 3 but i have ... in Korea speccy thats an issue 4a.[/quote]
... and back of the circuit-board that I can send you ... the board that I have not seen on any other issue 1 ... -
Alittle pic of the two different rubber key mats Grey and BlueAnd they are naked too :o Can someone please post a pic of one of the supposed faun coloured speccys i am desperate to see one :) [url]http://www.s…
... of mine had a repaired issue 2 board in his brand new ... 84, whilst I had an Issue 6A, so I know. I ... suppose my Issue 4A may have originally been ... -
Alittle pic of the two different rubber key mats Grey and BlueAnd they are naked too :o Can someone please post a pic of one of the supposed faun coloured speccys i am desperate to see one :) [url]http://www.s…
... of mine had a repaired issue 2 board in his brand new ... 84, whilst I had an Issue 6A, so I know. I ... suppose my Issue 4A may have originally been ... -
Spectrum Composite video connections?Is it possible to modify a standard 48K spectrum to give composite video output? In my experience i have found the quality of the picture out of the…
... socketed chip, IC1 on the board), replace it (difficult to ... properly on anything past the issue two board since there's some ... ULA timing issue that was (apparently) ... could eventually touch the circuit board and cause damage.
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Multiface 128 problemHello everyone i have a 48k plus speccy which i firstly thought was working perfectly. It passed all the test of the official Sinclair test tape (cpu…
... assuming you're using an issue 4 and below, you have ... a duff Z80. On an issue 6 board, you don't have ... -
Multiface 128 problemHello everyone i have a 48k plus speccy which i firstly thought was working perfectly. It passed all the test of the official Sinclair test tape (cpu…
... matter of fact, the board is a 4B issue, and the z80 ... (PC74HCT157P), is it an incompatibility issue or a matter of failed ... -
Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …
... upper RAM) on the dead Issue 2 Speccy that I have ... on the bottom of the board while I heated the bottom ... -
Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …
... upper RAM) on the dead Issue 2 Speccy that I have ... on the bottom of the board while I heated the bottom ... -
48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …
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Both boards have issue 3B on them near the ... connector has snapped off the board. This one will not even ... -
48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …
well the socket board is the totally dead one ... board.
The one that works (apart from the screen issue ... -
Spectrum Issue two problemI managed to bring back to life a issue two spectrum (at least the power supply cirquit). The screen is now crystal clear (after replacing all the el…
... comparison with a totally wrecked issue two board which i also have ... row of resistors on the board).
I haven't replaced ... ones yet (from the wrecked board) but i think this has ... -
Spectrum Issue two problemI managed to bring back to life a issue two spectrum (at least the power supply cirquit). The screen is now crystal clear (after replacing all the el…
... one because it is an issue two board :) and because it was ... -
problem with sinclair zx 48 issue 6aHi all, I have the following problem when I turn on my sinclair without rom inserted. [url]http://217.79.64.145/sinclair/5.jpg[/url] when I turn o…
... and +12, IIRC). Anyway, my issue 6A clone has more modern ... /> If you have another working issue 6A board, try a ULA swap ... -
problem with sinclair zx 48 issue 6aHi all, I have the following problem when I turn on my sinclair without rom inserted. [url]http://217.79.64.145/sinclair/5.jpg[/url] when I turn o…
... ula6c001e-6 ? 6 coming from issue 3b
if i have ... good one in the bad board, not vice-versa, in case ... -
Blowtorch method of Speccy repairsI just did my first Spectrum repair (and successful at that). It was the Issue 2 spectrum I wrote about a while ago, I just hadn't got around to doin…
... that you have fixed the board entirely, you should load the ... />
btw, i repaired an issue two myself lately. Had multiple ... -
I so would like a spectrum one of theseI so would like a spectrum one of these [url]http://jledger.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=dtvhacking&action=display&thread=1167546608[/url]
I suppose the issue would be power.
... my spare GP2X as a board and use the tv out ... -
Boxes and Boxes of Books!!![URL="http://zxgoldenyears.com/images/books.jpg"]Yaaaay!!! I got books. I got books. I got books.[/URL] Do you got books? Andrew (Sorry... a …
... speccy case, was it an issue 2 by any chance i ... , because i have seen an issue 2 speccy on ebay with ... />
Nah... It's an issue 1... If you look closely ... the case and the circuit board...
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Quite yellowed screen!Hi! I bought a ZX Spectrum the other day. It works (hooray!) but the colors are screwed up. For instance, the white (or light grey) background color…
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Any interest in new low-cost mass-storage interface with 512K RAM?I've recently added support to ResiDOS and the +3e ROMs for SD/MMC card interfaces; in particular, ZXMMC (which has no onboard RAM and so is only sup…
... these features is a software issue, and currently in development). ResiDOS ... OS support in the main board. It all points to ZXMMC ...
