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  • Poorly Issue One 16k spectrum diagnosis?Hello, everyone. :smile: I was lucky enough to buy an Issue One 16k rubber key the other week; I didn't know it was an Issue One till I opened it up…

    ... I could see if the fault follows the ULA...


    Having a working keyboard would enable you to see ... a ULA video fault) rather than a RAM fault as the spectrum ... /> You can however simulate the keyboard. Strip about 6mm of insulation ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK July 2013 Hardware
  • ZX spectrum 128K + 2 (Grey one :)Hi all, I'm trying to revive a dead ZX 128K +2 (the grey one). The regulator was damaged and seemed to be feeding 7.8Volts onto the pcb. Yikes ! I…

    ... ohm resistor will limit any fault current to 120mA but will ... /> I've not tried the keyboard yet.

    DenisM
    DenisM DenisM August 2013 Hardware
  • IF1bis StabilityI just thought I would start a different thread relating to the IF1bis, and leave the copyrighters to it elsewhere...:-P I've had mine for a few mon…

    ... -active, the keyboard gets frozen out.

    My fault entirely, I ...
    Simon_Carr Simon_Carr September 2013 Hardware
  • DK?Tronics keyboard troubleI have a DK?Tronics keyboard here, which is causing some trouble. Physically it?s in great shape, but some keys simply do not work. The non-working k…

    ... the Spectrum inside my DK keyboard, it's sort of been ... ) and trying to repair a fault on my X-RGB2 which ... my spare Vectrex with a fault that is apparently common and ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay September 2013 Hardware
  • 128k+2 IssueI have been a Spectrum user for many a long year, currently using a Spectrum 48+, and have just had a 128+2 bought for me for my birthday (to recaptu…

    ... fault. You could try swopping over the entire upper case, including keyboard ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2013 Hardware
  • Grey Spectrum 128+2 Is mine dead??Having a nice session of 128+2 playing this evening and as I was playing Paperboy I noticed a few graphical glitches that had not occured before, the…

    ... br />
    Back to the fault. Sorry, but from what you ... RAM chip causes this fault (all the RAM chips ... you do not damage the keyboard ribbons. Unplug the connector ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK January 2014 Hardware
  • Elite Kickstarter ProjectAs some of may know Steve Wilcox of Elite is currently close to raising ?60k via Kickstarter to begin manufacturing a USB spectrum keyboard. I have g…

    ... if he does make the keyboard what games are people going ... 's not anyone else's fault or responsibility.

    (Not ...
    oddbob0 oddbob0 February 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +2a problemHi guys just got a +2a from eBay. I can get the menu screen but none of the keys work. I had a look at the membrane, and it looks faultless. Anyone…

    ... the membrane that is at fault. The second connection on the ... a speccy with a working keyboard!
    Lost Lost February 2014 Hardware
  • Don't care about Apple products, but...My work (Staples) now carries iPads, iPods, and we'll start selling iPhones in about three weeks... I'm a PC guy and I've been out of the Mac World s…

    [QUOTE=Arjun;756721]Try Cmd+N to open a new finder window. Easy peasy! ...[/QUOTE]

    Mmmm, keyboard commands. Intuitive!
    Dave_C Dave_C March 2014 Chit chat
  • Don't care about Apple products, but...My work (Staples) now carries iPads, iPods, and we'll start selling iPhones in about three weeks... I'm a PC guy and I've been out of the Mac World s…

    [QUOTE=Dave_C;756749]Mmmm, keyboard commands. Intuitive![/QUOTE]

    * ... /> Click on File > New Finder Window.

    Intuitive enough ... open it in a new Finder window.

    Anyway, the ...
    Arjun Arjun March 2014 Chit chat
  • Spectrum Not Responding to Keyboard InputHello, sorry if this thread is not in the correct place, This is my first post and I'm not sure where to post this type of thread. :lol: Anyway, I r…

    ... explained to be a CPU fault) has gotten worse and now ... now another ?10 on the keyboard membrane.) For this amount I ...
    CornishManicMiner CornishManicMiner March 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... tried shorting between the two keyboard connectors with a piece of ... the keyboard ports, so a faulty ULA can cause this fault. However ... also possible that a RAM fault is causing the CPU to ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK April 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... tried shorting between the two keyboard connectors with a piece of ... the keyboard ports, so a faulty ULA can cause this fault. However ... also possible that a RAM fault is causing the CPU to ...
    Brian Brian April 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... waiting for input from the keyboard.

    So either the ... location(s) due to a fault with the address bus, is ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK April 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... waiting for input from the keyboard.

    So either the ... location(s) due to a fault with the address bus, is ...
    Brian Brian April 2014 Hardware
  • Spectrum Not Responding to Keyboard InputHello, sorry if this thread is not in the correct place, This is my first post and I'm not sure where to post this type of thread. :lol: Anyway, I r…

    ... Spectrum, it responded to the keyboard.
    Later, when powered up ... second time, it ignored the keyboard (or at least from your ... point of view ignored the keyboard).
    Next, it stopped ... tools for this level of fault finding.

    Give me ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK May 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... be suspecting an upper RAM fault causing the machine to hang ... /> No changes still get no keyboard reaction even using a wire ...
    Brian Brian May 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... />
    The most common fault with the "upper" 32k RAM ... confirms that there is a fault.
    Post the results ... to narrow down the fault to just one or ... /> Does not work, no keyboard no matter switch is on ... 23 from socket and my keyboard works again.
    So ...
    Brian Brian May 2014 Hardware
  • A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin[SIZE=4][COLOR=Green][U][B]A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin.[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] Please post your successes below :-) …

    ... in the loudspeaker and some keyboard headers and run the tests ... , which I guess is the fault of not having done the ...
    Trafferth Trafferth May 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... similar fault to your original one (computer not responding to keyboard input ...
    balford balford June 2014 Hardware
  • What systems do you regret buying/not buying?I've never had a non-mainstream console or computer really, I've owned (in order of my buying them*): ZX Spectrum (48K, 128K, +2) Atari ST (STFM/STe…

    ... , as it had a tuning fault)
    Atari 520STFM (Upgraded to ... .
    Another 48K Speccy. Needs keyboard membrane. Still got.
    2 ... since then is the monitor, keyboard, mouse, case, motherboard, CPU, PSU ...
    Marko Marko July 2014 Chit chat
  • Help me fix my grail ZX 128k SpectrumHi all, Ok today my grail toaster rack ZX spectrum 128k turned up. I finally found one and for a reasonable price. I powered it up and..... Nothing …

    ... . It could be a fault with the keyboard membrane.

    [I ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK July 2014 Hardware
  • Anyone managed to get a Spectrum emulator working on an Ouya?After messing around with a Raspberry Pi for a while, I gave up and bought an Ouya specifically as an emulation machine. It works great for almost a…

    ... was partly the Shield's fault, and partly sloppy programming.
    This is not really a fault, as Android doesn't actually ... little clunky using the onscreen keyboard with the Ouya's mouse ... intend to get a bluetooth keyboard anyway.

    I hope ...
    Jamesbeat Jamesbeat August 2014 Emulators
  • Anyone managed to get a Spectrum emulator working on an Ouya?After messing around with a Raspberry Pi for a while, I gave up and bought an Ouya specifically as an emulation machine. It works great for almost a…

    ... was partly the Shield's fault, and partly sloppy programming.
    fault, as Android doesn't actually ... little clunky using the onscreen keyboard with the Ouya's mouse ... intend to get a bluetooth keyboard anyway.

    I hope ...
    djdron djdron August 2014 Emulators
  • Faulty 128+2 - Video Help NeededHi Everyone, I'm going to post up 2 vids , in the hope someone can diagnose the problems or at least point me in the right direction. First up the …

    ... whether there's a video fault from that display, so is ... ?

    If so, the keyboard membrane might be dirty. Remove ... the keyboard from the top half of ...
    balford balford September 2014 Hardware
  • 'Interesting' Issue 2 modSo I've been lurking on this forum for a while and I've got to the point where I want to see if I can repair a speccy.. so I bought me a 'broken' one…

    ... case properly with the flying keyboard lead in place, so I ... .

    Found that the keyboard was acting up which I ... if this is the original fault manifesting itself or something else ... 'was' working after remounting the keyboard molex.

    So I ...
    blueowl0708 blueowl0708 September 2014 Hardware
  • Giving up on SpectrumsHi all... Bit of a downer post here... I'm really close to giving up on Spectrums.. My 48k has given me nothing but head aches since day one... and …

    ... I admit it was my fault no harm in holding my ... including a nice new ZX81 keyboard/membrane.

    Sorry for ...
    dreamscape dreamscape September 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +2a Advice required on how this machine should behave.Hi. As a kid I had a light grey +2, now as an adult I have picked up a +2a.:smile: I've cleaned up the board on the tape drive, and games now load …

    ... />
    Have you disassembled the keyboard to give the membrane a ... +3 that had a similar fault when I got it, that ...
    balford balford October 2014 Hardware
  • +2a Advice required on how this machine should behave.Hi. As a kid I had a light grey +2, now as an adult I have picked up a +2a.:smile: I've cleaned up the board on the tape drive, and games now load …

    ... advised of a potential membrane fault, after a wipe and a ... away, so I thought my keyboard membrane was sorted.

    keyboard and I could select up ...
    lesoleil70 lesoleil70 October 2014 Hardware
  • 48K Not booting properlyBought another faulty spectrum from Ebay. This one, when you turn it on, it looks like it's going to boot OK, but when it gets to the point where it…

    ... screen, or keyboard reading issues.

    Given the fault description I ... sounds like an upper RAM fault and that the ULA is ...
    balford balford January 2015 Hardware
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