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  • Power issues for multiple Speccies - questionWould like your opinions on some power issues I will be coming across soon! I am building up a collection of working Spectrums to form a music Midi …

    ... +5V line and a PC PSU will not supply anything like ... the supply cables inside the PSU (Grumpy old man alert here ... supply from an old PC PSU. It's a complicated modification ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2006 Hardware
  • PC CPU heatsink and fans to cool down Speccy!Ah ha! I've just had an idea! taking apart some scrap PCs I decided to take the CPU heatsink and fan units off and see if I can attach them to the …

    ... at 9V. Off load the PSU puts out over 12V, and ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2006 Hardware
  • rubber troublejus got 48K rubber speccy into my possesion, which was my first computer back then but only for few months before daddy decided to upgrade it for 48+…

    ... possible that a small 1N4148 diode has gone to silicon heaven ... , it's most likely that diode as it carries the load ...
    DEATH DEATH August 2006 Hardware
  • rubber troublejus got 48K rubber speccy into my possesion, which was my first computer back then but only for few months before daddy decided to upgrade it for 48+…

    ... - bet it's that 1N4148 diode. Will only cost 5p to ...
    DEATH DEATH August 2006 Hardware
  • upgrading graphics cardhiya! Im looking to update my graphics card on my PC to something a bit better, I havnt got a lot of money so I was wondering what a good option woul…

    Make sure your PSU is up to fueling one of those more powerful cards. The bigger ones tend to demand 500W or so people in reviews suggest. It's no wonder electricity bills are going through the roof with the power demands these PCs require now.
    Collie Collie August 2006 Chit chat
  • Gray +3??saw this on ebay I thought the +3 only came in black?? [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-spectrum-3_W0QQitemZ290023306146QQihZ019QQcategoryZ1…

    ... these were complete, boxed, with PSU and TV wire. He says ...
    trellis trellis August 2006 Hardware
  • PS3 Launch Delayed Till March 2007 in Europe and AusAnyone whos been waiting for november will have to wait even longer now unless they live in the U.S of Japan

    ... schedule of the blue laser diode within the Sony Group, thus ... PlayStation 3."

    The diode is a key element of ...
    festershinetop festershinetop September 2006 Chit chat
  • advice needed pleaseHi everyone, Back in the day, used to own a zx81, spectrum 48k and a +2 whilst growing up. I have tinkered around with some of the emulators (zx32 a…

    ... a boxed 48k with original psu and leads, plus a boxed ...
    trellis trellis September 2006 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... was down to a duff PSU).

    One thing that ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... was down to a duff PSU).[/quote]
    Funny how you ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Currah U SlotI picked up one of those Currah-U-Slot things up at a car boot sale today. I know the theroy behind the unit, plugging more than one thing into the …

    ... the thru port has a diode on the NMI line to ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
  • PS3 Launch Delayed Till March 2007 in Europe and AusAnyone whos been waiting for november will have to wait even longer now unless they live in the U.S of Japan

    ... suppliers to themselves for this diode they can't even get ...
    ADJB ADJB September 2006 Chit chat
  • Using a +3 power supply to power a CPC.Hi there, I'm going to try and power a CPC6128 using a +3 power supply. The +3 supplies 12V DC 0.2A and 5V DC 2A, the CPC6128 needs 12V DC 0.4A and …

    ... true output of a +3 PSU etc, are you sure you ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
  • Using a +3 power supply to power a CPC.Hi there, I'm going to try and power a CPC6128 using a +3 power supply. The +3 supplies 12V DC 0.2A and 5V DC 2A, the CPC6128 needs 12V DC 0.4A and …

    ... know.

    Is my diode idea rubbish then?[/QUOTE]
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
  • Using a +3 power supply to power a CPC.Hi there, I'm going to try and power a CPC6128 using a +3 power supply. The +3 supplies 12V DC 0.2A and 5V DC 2A, the CPC6128 needs 12V DC 0.4A and …

    ... .

    [quote]Is my diode idea rubbish then?[/QUOTE]
    diode, so probably yes.

    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston September 2006 Hardware
  • Using a +3 power supply to power a CPC.Hi there, I'm going to try and power a CPC6128 using a +3 power supply. The +3 supplies 12V DC 0.2A and 5V DC 2A, the CPC6128 needs 12V DC 0.4A and …

    ... enough voltage to allow the diode to conduct and isn't ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
  • Help Help Helpspeak english very little (sorry) Who donate me new or used Sinclair ZX Spectrum or DIDAKTIK and compatible computers, games, accessories??? I am fr…

    ... then... didnt realise my +3 psu would just die on me ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace September 2006 Wanted
  • 128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…

    ... step up transformer. Basically, the PSU circuit is an ocsilator based ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
  • 128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…

    ... step up transformer. Basically, the PSU circuit is an ocsilator based ...
    netomc netomc September 2006 Hardware
  • kempston and/or psuhi there, just wondering if anyone had a spare kempston adaptor they wanted to give a good home? i will pay a couple of quid + postage for it, and …

    ... the 48k.... or fix the psu on the +3 (still no ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace September 2006 Wanted
  • kempston and/or psuhi there, just wondering if anyone had a spare kempston adaptor they wanted to give a good home? i will pay a couple of quid + postage for it, and …

    ... can find an old PC PSU kicking about, and a din ... would be too open the PSU (make sure it's unplugged ... use.
    when my +3s PSU blew, I used the hack ... for my beeb, because the PSU started smoking a lot, it ...
    guesser guesser September 2006 Wanted
  • kempston and/or psuhi there, just wondering if anyone had a spare kempston adaptor they wanted to give a good home? i will pay a couple of quid + postage for it, and …

    hmm.. old PC PSU. check.

    Din plug ... winlling to remove from +3 PSU. check. (possibly - although maplins is ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace September 2006 Wanted
  • kempston and/or psuhi there, just wondering if anyone had a spare kempston adaptor they wanted to give a good home? i will pay a couple of quid + postage for it, and …

    ... the plug off your +3 PSU! (I thought it was moulded ... find the pinouts for the PSU din plug :-( I thought they ...
    guesser guesser September 2006 Wanted
  • kempston and/or psuhi there, just wondering if anyone had a spare kempston adaptor they wanted to give a good home? i will pay a couple of quid + postage for it, and …

    ... the plug off your +3 PSU! (I thought it was moulded ... find the pinouts for the PSU din plug :-( I thought they ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace September 2006 Wanted
  • kempston and/or psuhi there, just wondering if anyone had a spare kempston adaptor they wanted to give a good home? i will pay a couple of quid + postage for it, and …

    IIRC the din is the same as an old Keyboard plug, though I may be wrong, I just found one in the bits box ;-)
    I'll have a look at my notes and bit's of cable when I get home, and I could work out the voltages off my +3 PSU if you need them
    guesser guesser September 2006 Wanted
  • kempston and/or psuhi there, just wondering if anyone had a spare kempston adaptor they wanted to give a good home? i will pay a couple of quid + postage for it, and …

    ... i've lost my +2A psu, i will still be planning ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace September 2006 Wanted
  • Help Help Helpspeak english very little (sorry) Who donate me new or used Sinclair ZX Spectrum or DIDAKTIK and compatible computers, games, accessories??? I am fr…

    [quote=Hungry Horace]there were a few on e-bay a few months back, but i thought i could do without then... didnt realise my +3 psu would just die on me! (got one of those spare then karingal?!)
    [/quote]
    I have got one but it ain't spare...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler September 2006 Wanted
  • replacement +3 psuok, who would be kind enough to help an idiot build a replacement PSU for the +3 / +2a , from a PC power supply? Guesser has already helped out a gr…

    ... mod.

    From your PSU details, red wire @ +5V goes ... "0"

    Your PC PSU is way bigger than it ... at zero volts for the PSU to work, or it needs ... to a voltage for the PSU to work. Somebody on here ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
  • replacement +3 psuok, who would be kind enough to help an idiot build a replacement PSU for the +3 / +2a , from a PC power supply? Guesser has already helped out a gr…

    ... have a few of adapted PSU's for a cd32 and ... for a1200s) was that PC psu's generally only supplied the ... 1.25 from the +3 psu. guess i'd be ok ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace September 2006 Hardware
  • replacement +3 psuok, who would be kind enough to help an idiot build a replacement PSU for the +3 / +2a , from a PC power supply? Guesser has already helped out a gr…

    ... specific to the computer that PSU came out of??
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
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