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48K ZX Spectrum 48K Recap (Capacitors) Or Not?I have seen arguments "for an against" on this subject by some "high calibre" experts . So if the experts can differ on this question then my questi…
... where it is the original capacitor that has leaked.
[b ... it’s easier to just replace the caps than to check ... . [Note, this assumes that the capacitor is not abused.]
Hence ... risk of a original electrolytic capacitor leaking in a ZX Spectrum ... -
Finding the issue.My sister recently found our old Speccy in her loft and having no interest in retro gaming promptly put it in the bin. Her husband text me and I res…
... but the fix all faults "replace the capacitors mate" fool may ... may fail, where is a capacitor in the circuit of the ... -
Finding the issue.My sister recently found our old Speccy in her loft and having no interest in retro gaming promptly put it in the bin. Her husband text me and I res…
... likely to be an electrolytic capacitor fault then...
In ... others should be treated as replace on failure. The capacitors used ... before the so called electrolytic capacitor plague occurred.
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Spectrum 128k advice neededHi, I'm new to this forum and the spectrum world. I have this spectrum "toastrack" that was working fine until today. It doesn't boot anymore, it s…
... modulator backwards. Also visually the capacitor in C44 looks swollen, and ... the capacitor directly under C123 looks like ... on board, so I would replace all electrolytic capacitors, and give ... -
Spectrum 128k advice neededHi, I'm new to this forum and the spectrum world. I have this spectrum "toastrack" that was working fine until today. It doesn't boot anymore, it s…
... capacitors is mainly due to capacitor manufacturing faults that occurred after ... ’s not critical to proactively replace the electrolytic capacitors. They can ... -
General PSU repair guidesNot Speccy related. I'm just looking for a guide as such as to where to begin with a power supply repair. Realise this is a bit of an odd thing to as…
... the sake of it just replace that and its next door ... unit but it is a capacitor. My mind also says "try ... -
Repairs and Reparing.Hi All, Just finished resurrecting an Issue 3A board. Had black lines, so replaced the lower 16K RAM chips, Amazed they just cost a couple of doll…
... in the camp of always replace all the electrolytic capacitors in ... computers produced prior to the capacitor plague). These machines only need ... -
Using a thermal camera to fix speccy's.Hi All, Thought I'd share another repair... Got a board that collapsed the bench supply straight away ( I run a bench supply and give it just enou…
... really difficult to manually measure capacitor temperature alongside ambient, as ... point, you might as well replace them regardless. Older caps ... replacing. I have some to replace, so I should check ... caused by amateurs trying to replace caps thinking that is ... -
Using a thermal camera to fix speccy's.Hi All, Thought I'd share another repair... Got a board that collapsed the bench supply straight away ( I run a bench supply and give it just enou…
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That "orange" capacitor behid that hot resistor is ... 's is definitely one to replace, It will fail sooner than ... -
I just bought a second hand BBC MasterI have had the notion for a while to get myself a old Beeb - maybe a scrappy one and fix it up - recap its PSU or whatever. Well I gave in yesterday …
... to be complete? Is the capacitor still working in some limited ... that its probably time to replace.
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I just bought a second hand BBC MasterI have had the notion for a while to get myself a old Beeb - maybe a scrappy one and fix it up - recap its PSU or whatever. Well I gave in yesterday …
... Rifa types), the “start-up” capacitor (equivalent of C9 in a ... ) if there is a better capacitor to replace that with. However I ... -
Off topic: Fix/replace ZX81 keyboard?I know this is slightly off topic since this is a Spectrum forum, but here goes: The keyboard membrane for my old ZX81 is broken. The part of the me…
I know this is slightly off topic since this is a Spectrum forum, but here goes:
The keyboard membrane for my old ZX81 is broken. The part of the membrane you connect to the circuit board has simply snapped, severing all connections between ... -
Assembler code from tutorial, problem!I was wondering if anyone could help me decipher this z80 assembler code? ORG 60000 LOAD 60000 EA60 21BCEA LD …
... /> EA67 77 LD (HL),A ;replace digit in memory
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Replacement Modulator for a issue 4 board Spectrum+???Anyone know where I may procure such a thing??? The one in my current machine starts up with the picture tearing and fading (As if the composite sig…
... anyways but would like to replace the modulator with one that ... -
35Mhz crystal wantedI am looking for a 35Mhz crystal to replace a missing one on my +2A. If you have one on a damaged spectrum could you let me know? I will pay a smal…
I am looking for a 35Mhz crystal to replace a missing one on my +2A. If you have one on a damaged spectrum could you let me know? I will pay a small fee of say ?1 if you wish. -
what spec pc are you running your speccy emulator onAll them giga hertz and bytes and what do i do with it mainly...play speccy games and old arcade games.. What spec pc do you have at the moment? I up…
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wantedI need a booting floppy disk made by W95B or later. I need it to boot before running powerquest drive image to have access to fat32 disks. If someo…
... need a difficult to get capacitor to fix something. It is ... -
Platoon TZX / Decryption toneDownloaded Platoon from the TZX vault earlier today. Kept crashing when loading into my real speccy via PlayTZX, and I i realised the Speedlock 6 dec…
... on this and if to replace the one on WOS or ... -
.dsk back to +3 original format?Hi everyone! I recently stumbled over my spectrum +3 and i decided to replace its 3" dead drive for a 3.5" one. After some time, i was able to put it…
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Once again about the +3 Disk drive problemI am facing a strange problem with one +3.In the beggining I though it was the drive belt problem which I have proptly replace. The error was still t…
... problem which I have proptly replace. The error was still there ... -
Keyboard MembraneHi all I'm about to finally replace the dead keyboard membrane in my 48K Speccy. Is there any preventative stuff I can do to improve the life of the…
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BASin Release 6 available for DownloadHi all - It's another cut'n'paste from CSS :) I've been tapping away again, and seeing as a couple of people have recently seen BASin's latest bits…
... text-processing tools like search/replace, command history, Undo, cut/copy ... into account the replace operations.
Added the Replace functions.
Altered ... that the text occurs on. Replace functions may be next.
did anyone ever abuse their spectrum.no , never abused a speccy , far to valueable at the time and would have been hard to replace , although a few tape recorders got the boot
no , never abused a speccy , far to valueable at the time and would have been hard to replace , although a few tape recorders got the bootANNOUNCE: Manic Miner 4 and Buddha Of Suburbia: Special EditionsToday I release special editions of my first two Manic Miner games - Manic Miner 4 and Manic Miner: The Buddha Of Suburbia. When I originally wrote …
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Please replace all copies - especially online copies ...Help with decyphering type-in !!!!Your Sinclair, January '86, pages 62-63, "Snake" by Robert Stockton Unfortunately, I can't really wait for the next type-in update (which might take…
... have an excellent TZX to replace the current Z80 version.Any professional programmers here ???I just received the news that the compagnie I work for accepted my programm to replace some old systems. I tried to give the programm a name related…
Ecstasy & AgonyWhile checking out the area around Chennai Central station on Sunday, I came across this crowded narrow road taken up entirely by roadside vendors se…
... that if I were to replace the ROM/ULA and they ..."TommyGun" gets a complete MAKEOVER for next release ...From the author, Tony Thompson ... """""""""""""""""""""""""" [B][I] I hadn't worked on the TommyGun editor for while. But when I got sick (about …
... was going to use to replace the one at work. But ...TAPER - help!!! :-(Hm, hm, maybe I'll replace it to another topic. Well, the weird problem is: every time I try load a *.z80 file via TAPER, I get messages: VARIABLE…
Hm, hm, maybe I'll replace it to another topic.
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