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  • 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 …

    ... characters about. Hooking up the keyboard and pressing keys does nothing ... process). I tried with the soldering iron and spring loaded sucker ... the other side with the soldering iron. That eventually worked. The ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2006 Hardware
  • Keyboard oddnessI was recently given a Speccy (the 48k '+' model to be more precise) by a chap I work with who was clearing out his loft, & earlier tonight I thought…

    ... may have occured in the soldering, it happened to me. (try ... /> 3. Bad ULA (wrong keyboard responce, fast keyboard responce, some keys not ...
    gtsamour gtsamour January 2007 Hardware
  • The 150 pound home computerWe missing out on this still ... I think. I know the PC market has wrecked all chance for any alternatives to ever have a hope but ... what if. :lol:…

    ... is an all in one keyboard case that easily takes a ... keyboard cases where I'd have to fiddle around with knives, soldering ...
    DonkeyPong DonkeyPong February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 150 pound home computerWe missing out on this still ... I think. I know the PC market has wrecked all chance for any alternatives to ever have a hope but ... what if. :lol:…

    ... keyboard cases where I'd have to fiddle around with knives, soldering ...
    ADJB ADJB February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…

    ... suitably fine soldering iron tip.

    As for the keyboard, use ...
    Winston Winston March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • My Spectrum deskAt last my Speccy has got it's own desk, which it honestly deserves. And to keep it as nostalgic as possible: The monitor is an old Commodore 1084. …

    ... - on it is my PC keyboard, grey +2, three 48's ... , caps and diodes (etc), my soldering iron stand, my scanner, my ...
    DEATH DEATH March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…

    ... . That way someone with average soldering skills (because everything's pin ... Atmega, LCD module and new keyboard membrane/rubber mat from rwap ... be as large as the keyboard, there'd be tons more ...
    Winston Winston March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Making your own joystick interfaceJust spied the diagram for the kempston joystick interface in the docs section. For someone who has only made up cables, what is involved in constru…

    ... the circuit board where the keyboard ribbons plug in.
    make ... the ribbons are unplugged before soldering to the board as they ... the cicuit board the two keyboard sockets (5 pin & 8 ... />

    9 pin D : keyboard terminal

    IF2 port ...
    madvanman madvanman June 2007 Hardware
  • I want to build a new, super spectrum ;-)only kidding Andrew :-) my brain's going at a mile a minute at the moment, so I thought I should put some of the ideas down in case one of them is w…

    ... . It'll need some creative soldering as you'll have to ... the ZX81's awkward membrane keyboard...
    Winston Winston September 2007 Hardware
  • Build your own Pentagon 1024SLAlexey aka KingOfEvil was so kind to give me an english manual for the Pentagon with most (except for the floppy controller) chips adapted to "wester…

    ... black
    - Steal the 2 keyboard connectors from a ZX Spectrum ... perfect for that)

    Soldering everything together will take place ...
    Shockwav3 Shockwav3 December 2007 Hardware
  • What does your partner think about your Spectrum hobby?Ok, I was always curious about it, but I was too shy to ask :) Do you find acceptance and understanding or do you hear complaing about losing your …

    ... . But, nice as this IBM keyboard is**, it's just not ... electronic components and a new soldering iron, her response is no ... is an [I]IBM[/I] keyboard, and worth every penny. I ... to go and clean the keyboard.
    natxcross natxcross March 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • not much gear and absolutley no ideaIm looking for some help with two spectrums that i have just dug out of storage and are both unfortunatley faulty. I had always regreted that during …

    In the first machine, the keyboard membrane has failed.

    ... 's more than likely some soldering will be required to fix ...
    Winston Winston June 2009 Hardware
  • Black screen of deathI recently aquired a zx spectrum (revision 3b) of the rubber key variety. it was all running smoothly(for about an hour after pluggin in), i left the…

    ... other suggestion is a bad soldering job somewhere around the video ... visual inspection then handle the keyboard connections with utmost care.
    roko roko June 2009 Hardware
  • zx81 repairare they easy or very tricky to fix, just curious? getting one , that displays but no cursor.. so hopefully I can get parts to fix it. I started off…

    ... working ZX81.
    * The keyboard (foil). It was never built ... are functional again, check the keyboard

    Everything ... rewiring), and there's soldering spots on the board ...
    Ofcourse you do need soldering skills, and basic electronics knowledge ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie November 2009 Hardware
  • LCD monitors with aerial input and other expensive+simple options for running on flatHi, What great forums! Just fired up a 48k for the first time in probably 20 years for a burst of lovely nostalgia :D Due to space constraints I w…

    Arrrggghhh

    Well the soldering went great, only managed to ... I was, the old brittle keyboard connector seems to have developed ...
    AntiMatter AntiMatter February 2010 Hardware
  • LCD monitors with aerial input and other expensive+simple options for running on flatHi, What great forums! Just fired up a 48k for the first time in probably 20 years for a burst of lovely nostalgia :D Due to space constraints I w…

    ... ]Arrrggghhh

    Well the soldering went great, only managed to ... I was, the old brittle keyboard connector seems to have developed ...
    guesser guesser February 2010 Hardware
  • RGB-Output (interface) for rubber 48k / Spectrum+I wonder if there is interest for a small RGB-interface for the rubber 48 k / Spectrum+. I developed a schematic using a very small number of parts.…

    ... using soldering and opening the case. Although I have replaced the keyboard ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 April 2010 Hardware
  • My Spectrum has gone a bit dud since doing some Mods, HELPMy father in law and I did some modifications to my 48K rubber key Spectrum last weekend, and now it seems to be very keen to crash, especially when …

    ... wouldn't go around re-soldering all connections straight away, just ... the face plate off and keyboard disconnected (but DivIDE+ plugged in ... soon as I reconnected the keyboard and put the face plate ... won't do any soldering, I have a soldering gun, but I ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 April 2010 Hardware
  • TV tuning problemI've just discovered that I can't tune in any of my Spectrums on my new TV. (Well, "new" in the sense that it's an old one I was given to replace an …

    ... risk-free and easy as soldering gets, should be doable even ... you haven't touched a soldering iron before... :-)

    Highly ... ]very[/I] careful with the keyboard connectors! Best would be to ... not unplug / re-plug the keyboard connectors at all.
    RetroTechie RetroTechie May 2010 Hardware
  • TV tuning problemI've just discovered that I can't tune in any of my Spectrums on my new TV. (Well, "new" in the sense that it's an old one I was given to replace an …

    ... you haven't touched a soldering iron before... :-)

    ... very[/I] careful with the keyboard connectors! Best would be to ... not unplug / re-plug the keyboard connectors at all.[/QUOTE]
    keyboard - so good advice about the ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 May 2010 Hardware
  • So you need to double (or triple, or quadruple) the clock speed...No particular reason for posting this, other than I was looking at an eZ80 evaluation board that does this, and that jogged my memory of a project I'…

    ... ;448439]We might be happy soldering stuff to the 14MHz crystal ... " can't be doing with soldering wires onto parts of their ... you take its weak construction / keyboard into account).

    [QUOTE ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie June 2010 Hardware
  • New Russian ZX clones available?Is it possible to buy new Russion ZX clones? I mean where these computer build nowadays? Micky

    ... -based reconfigurable clone (upgradable without soldering), with real Z80, AY, ... , with connectors for PS/2 keyboard and mouse, floppy, IDE, ... FDC. mATX board, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, floppy, IDE, no ... AY, Pentagon timings, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, no floppy or ...
    Shiru Shiru August 2010 Hardware
  • The components of death!One problem thats slowly rearing its head these days,is our beloved machines like amiga are slowly suffering from battery or capicator leak,it is not…

    ... fix. Anyone competent with a soldering iron and who knows which ... forth from the computer's keyboard - very dramatic, but generally harmless ...
    Winston Winston August 2010 Chit chat
  • The components of death!One problem thats slowly rearing its head these days,is our beloved machines like amiga are slowly suffering from battery or capicator leak,it is not…

    ... fix. Anyone competent with a soldering iron and who knows which ... forth from the computer's keyboard - very dramatic, but generally harmless ...
    JACK98 JACK98 August 2010 Chit chat
  • Fave games on other computersFavourite games on other formats.... We all know the favourite Speccy games on here, but most people on here have other computer formats too... Wh…

    ... already have access to a keyboard, mouse and operating system).
    soldering iron. can you get them ...
    mile mile August 2010 Chit chat
  • Speccy repairs?I've finally got round to testing all the various Spectrums that I seem to have accumulated over the years and discovered that "my" two machines (i.e…

    ... it will just want a keyboard membrane.[/QUOTE]

    That ... I have done it! No soldering required, it just needs to ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 August 2010 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3 doesn't workMy recently ebay purchased +3 arrived today, so I was quite excited to have one again. I plugged it in and all was well, except for a slightly worry…

    ... ) and then simply ran the soldering iron over them (adding a ... my abilities to try a soldering iron on it, even though ... the ribbon cables for the keyboard on the left hand side ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 November 2010 Hardware
  • Anybody here an ebay sniper?Been bidding on [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220692283001&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT#ht_500wt_1156"]this[/URL] and would …

    ... a straight forward problem (a keyboard membrane) and well I'll ... the actual fixing though if soldering is involved.
    fog fog November 2010 Chit chat
  • Running a Spectrum in the USI didn't realise how much hastle it was to set up a UK PAL Spectrum in the US. [url]http://wn.com/List_of_ZX_Spectrum_games[/url]. I knew about the …

    ... my system to do the soldering (..)[/QUOTE]
    I can understand ... someone hesitating to grab a soldering iron - same goes for 99 ... even need to unplug the keyboard. Modulator top cover can be ... fingers. 10 minute job, *any* soldering iron will do (like one ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…

    ... components - with no case or keyboard. How much demand will there ... 60mm, and that's before soldering on components. So now perhaps ... are a bit scared of soldering SMD components (the ULA will ...
    Winston Winston December 2010 Hardware
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