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Spectrum Cables : How many individual types of these are there "out there" both past and now?So this is all about giving the SPECTRUM cables their correct cable titles to aid IDENTIFICATION OF CABLE TYPE and FUNCTION across the world.. An e…
... 9 pin) D connectors, proper industrial metal D connectors often have a ... mouse / joystick ports under the keyboard). So don't consider these ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
Keyboard Membranes arrive.
... the plastic strips to the connectors on the board . This ... be fitting these into connectors that had been thickened ... using the thicker plug in connectors of the DK board : ... up in a scruffy keyboard which has the holes ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
Keyboard Membrane connectors
[quote="harriusherbartio;899182"]This ... would be fitting these into connectors that had been thickened out ... using the thicker plug in connectors of the DK board : so ... . So should I replace the connectors on the PCB or try ... -
Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…
... about the DK keyboard is that the plastic connectors on the ends ... words the thicker plastic DK connectors permanently deform and widen out ... the connectors on the Speccy PCB so ... this was to replace the connectors on the Speccy PCB with ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... users who wanted a decent keyboard . But that was years ago ... replacement Speccy membranes unless new connectors are soldered in to replace ... ,rather than a coloured DK keyboard set up . So this was ... it is under using the keyboard with just a 48k "humble ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
The Interface 1 DK keyboard set up.
Well ... all in and the extra connectors needed .
4) The ... all apart ,a useful DK keyboard is also freed up , This ... keyboard however is one with a ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
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The dodgy DK keyboard has been successfully repaired and ... info . I bought this DK keyboard secondhand years ago and had ... the PCB connectors) which will free up this DK keyboard for a ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... 2) and gold plated edge connectors . And both were pretty useful ... 2) with a heavily repaired keyboard cable (so it is a ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... matched with a DK keyboard with existing hardwired joystick ... cost effective , hopefully the connectors would "reach" inside the ... having to redo the keyboard membrane connections again rolling ... the DK plug in connectors permanently squelch the Speccy ... -
ZX Spectrum spare parts : "endangered" and functional "extinctions" only It struck me how some Spectrum spare parts or parts that were used with Spectrums and that were commonly available are no longer available . The em…
... the peripheral device and the connectors fell off (too much pulling ... when recently repairing a DK keyboard : it is important to keep ... -
ZX Spectrum spare parts : "endangered" and functional "extinctions" only It struck me how some Spectrum spare parts or parts that were used with Spectrums and that were commonly available are no longer available . The em…
... spare parts rediscovered.(THE PCB KEYBOARD MEMBRANE CONNECTORS)
Well obviously ... HAS to be these PCB keyboard membrane connectors . Now these are available ... on the ends of the keyboard membrane to "beef" up the ... -
ZX Spectrum spare parts : "endangered" and functional "extinctions" only It struck me how some Spectrum spare parts or parts that were used with Spectrums and that were commonly available are no longer available . The em…
... declared above that the keyboard PCB connectors were were the best FIND ... -
ZX Spectrum spare parts : "endangered" and functional "extinctions" only It struck me how some Spectrum spare parts or parts that were used with Spectrums and that were commonly available are no longer available . The em…
... , I have a few spare keyboard membranes to try out (so ... "plug in" connectors which "open up" the connectors on the PCB ... re-prioritized gold plated edge connectors as being more useful ... Spectrums) . So replacement of the connectors or "doing the bodge" are ... -
Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…
... the aspect of getting a keyboard membrane to work on a ... that has had its PCB connectors widened out by the previous ... use of an add on keyboard with thicker connecting plug in ... -
ZX Spectrum Test PCB I recently read about one of these (I think it may have been the Retroleum site but I am not sure) and I thought "What a great idea" . As pictured …
... PCB is that the left keyboard connector had been rammed with ... out and this explains the keyboard membrane problem.
... some of the right side connectors which are available but only ... just a widened out RHS keyboard connector and just "live with ... -
ZX Spectrum spare parts : "endangered" and functional "extinctions" only It struck me how some Spectrum spare parts or parts that were used with Spectrums and that were commonly available are no longer available . The em…
... the keyboard connection (as per above) I can say these connectors are ... . So now it just needs keyboard testing -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... problem was cleared . The PCB keyboard sockets were a mess and ... problem persists The keyboard only partially works . Both PCB connectors have been ... -
Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
... really use the keyboard with the old style connectors but I guess ... -
Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
... even if I connect the keyboard to a PC directly using ... could be the connectors between the board and the keyboard if they ... if I should open the keyboard or not to see if ... -
Issue with TV signal + Inductor Coil (16K Issue 2 Speccy)Hello guys, I just got a 16K Issue 2 Speccy from eBay. It was sold as not working so I knew there would be some work needed before it's working ag…
... that I also checked the connectors for any corrosion/oxidation and ... TV and power cables and connectors and this did not replicate ... top (e.g. pressing the keyboard).
Power supply is a ... -
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
Keyboard membranes "quick fix" possibilities . And ... may be good on edge connectors but on membranes ? Well this ... made no difference and the keyboard did not work even though ... -
ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... the idea of having my keyboard external, and even my nostalgia ... work on an original ZX keyboard... Im attracted to the fact ... up on the composite TV connectors... If I had the money ... a simple case, without the keyboard, like the Uno(M) perhaps ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... on both sides of the keyboard connector.
The ... that some keyboard plugs do to the original Spectrum PCB connectors and ... membrane legs off old Spectrum keyboard membranes one for each PCB ... keyboard membrane plug connector. Cut ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... to the DKTronics plug in keyboard connector effectively bypassing it . the ... extending the length of the keyboard membrane leg would also have ... the problem of sourcing the connectors has been solved. Here is ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... /> The pins on 2 PCB connectors are to be soldered together ... no change to the DK keyboard other than adding a plug ... not get transmitted so the keyboard could stop working properly ( but ... . 3) Also the new PCB connectors to be soldered together are ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... " plastic plug on the DK keyboard lead (needing some wires resolderind ... point is that once thisDK keyboard plug is plunged in (or ... a softer more gentle normal keyboard membrane used to connect to ... soldered joints on the 2 connectors) with glass fibre to make ... -
ZX Spectrum keyboards : all and everything about them and how can the Speccy keyboard be improved? This discussion can include of all the main types of Spectrum keyboard from the past (inc addon / aftermarket) , their strengths and weaknesses , …
... membrane" for their rather nice keyboard in the 1980s. But as ... have to go into the connectors , so over time oxidization occurs ... -
ZX Spectrum spare parts : "endangered" and functional "extinctions" only It struck me how some Spectrum spare parts or parts that were used with Spectrums and that were commonly available are no longer available . The em…
... follows (as per my DKtronics keyboard thread):-
[url="https ... connect an "aftermarket add-on" keyboard is with a "PCB plug ... "back to backed" the female connectors as per my DK thread ... -
Dk'tronics and other similar "add on" Speccy keyboards . What can be done with them and when?. The underlying assumption I am making here is that people who have them will want to "hang on" to them and may also want to get them working . But …
... of connecting up the DKTronics keyboard
So far , one ... up the DK keyboard without damaging the OCB keyboard plug has been ... whether the available female PCB connectors (not the one actually on ... -
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... /> BTW - removing perished keyboard membrane fragments from the connectors on the board ...
