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  • Back in the day Speccy related problems.Thinking back about the days where i used to play on the ZX Speccy (48K original rubber keyed wiith seperate data recorder) i recall some of the prob…

    ... added a very cheap external keyboard that fitted 'on' the machine ... I eventually fitted a Spectrum + keyboard. That was around ?20 from ... - Are kids allowed to use soldering irons today? I learned to ...
    RST#08 RST#08 January 2011 Games
  • Anyone interested in a ZS Scorpion 256 Turbo+?[url]http://zx.pk.ru/showthread.php?t=16169[/url] This guy is producing PCBs and I'd arrange a mass order for europe if there's enough interest. I'd…

    Yup, yup ... soldering/acquiring parts seems to be ... it would take so long [soldering everything is just 3-4 ... will only need a ZX Keyboard (+2 keyboards can be bought ... for a case, PSU and keyboard
    Shockwav3 Shockwav3 July 2011 Hardware
  • Spectrum DIVIDE and Kempston Interface ProbsI got my DIVIDE quite a while back and was using it on a Spectrum +3, but noticed some games loading corrupt and not all games having proper joystick…

    ... are not especially reliable, the keyboard is an acquired taste (!) and ... you are into gaming. The keyboard membranes also need replacing which ... changes are the roms and soldering a wire for floating bus ...
    thingley thingley August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Does the usual composite mod damage Speccies?Hi people, Just browsing eBay -as you do - and I noticed this auction: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ZX-SPECTRUM-48K-GOOD-COND-COMPOSITE-OUTPUT-SINCLAI…

    ... 's okay.[/QUOTE]

    Keyboard clicks are okay, but I ... the video signal. I mean soldering a wire is one thing ...
    kpbendi kpbendi September 2011 Hardware
  • Requesting a little help to identify the purpose of this 'add-on' to my Issue 2Hi everyone First of all it's my first post here so please go easy on me! I'm grateful to be accepted into your fine little club :smile: I probabl…

    ... not overly intimidated by the soldering but I definitely prefer adding ... when it comes to a soldering iron. But I'm certainly ... />
    I've got 3 soldering irons (12w, 18w and 21w ... until I get either another keyboard or my new membrane arrives ...
    cmonkey cmonkey October 2011 Hardware
  • Second Hand SpectrumHi just joined the Forum. I have picked up a Spectrum at a s/h shop and would like some advice please. I have had two ZX81's packed away for severa…

    ... (5 minute job with a soldering iron).

    [quote]
    keyboard etc. I also powered it ... I found one of the keyboard ribbons broken.
    Q. How ...
    Spirantho Spirantho October 2011 Hardware
  • I got my SpectrumAfter 10 years since my old Speccy died, I got another one. It came to me (in Rome) from UK. The Spectrum seems to works well (or at least I hope so…

    ... ? I am not good with soldering and so on, and I ... Sinclair one. And the rubber keyboard is the best to me ...
    Spectrum Spectrum November 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Would anyone be interested in......Hi, I'm wondering if there would be much interest in an expansion card for the speccy that gives a VGA output with enhanced gfx & sound capabilities…

    ... . Spectrum would just act as keyboard, reading input and sending it ... the speccy just becomes the keyboard for something that was in ... the other mods that require soldering skills, why bother debugging the ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN January 2012 Hardware
  • Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…

    ... of the soldering. :razz:

    As for the defective keyboard membranes ...
    lfaria lfaria February 2012 Hardware
  • Colour blocks on displayHi all, I have just acquired another Sinclair product, my first one being a C5, it's a 48K ZX Spectrum. It shows colour blocks on the display when p…

    ... 20 is one of the keyboard inputs and I can't ... are trying to diagnose a keyboard problem).

    [QUOTE=kamilb1998 ... the circuit tracks or de-soldering and removing IC6-IC13. Then ...
    Zorn Zorn February 2012 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum 48k issue 3b power problem?Hi :) I was lucky enough to find a couple of ZX Spectrums at a car boot sale yesterday. I spent the evening fiddling about with one (issue 2) and t…

    ... even if you have little soldering experience

    You can ... the very ends off the keyboard cables as I had seen ... the heat rather than the keyboard as it was getting really ...
    vinnivee vinnivee March 2012 Hardware
  • RFC: Hardware Documentation ProjectI've noticed quite a few threads recently about missing schematics and suchlike. I've also been thinking about the low quality of some of the schemat…

    ... many routes as there are soldering knights.[/QUOTE]

    Here ... method to build a 48K keyboard membrane:
    [url]www.speccy ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix March 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The impossible made possibleSome years ago Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jodar and I developed the PC Keyboard Interface (still available at SellMyRetro.com). The interface however wa…

    ... with flat cables like original keyboard?[/QUOTE]

    Not ... 3, and those have other keyboard connectors than the older models ... .

    The PC Keyboard Interface does the job quite ... 3 compatible more easily than soldering 8 resistors; this GAL chip ...
    bverstee bverstee March 2012 Hardware
  • Using a speccy keyboard/mebrane on a PCIs there any easy way to do this? Thinking about putting one of those nano pc motherboards in a rubber key or speccy+ case but would like the keyboar…

    ... principle with somewhat less epic soldering skills:

    [url]http ... /> (Cannibalise a flexible rubber USB keyboard, take out the membrane-ribbon ...
    gasman gasman March 2012 Hardware
  • Using a speccy keyboard/mebrane on a PCIs there any easy way to do this? Thinking about putting one of those nano pc motherboards in a rubber key or speccy+ case but would like the keyboar…

    ... principle with somewhat less epic soldering skills:

    [url]http ... /> (Cannibalise a flexible rubber USB keyboard, take out the membrane-ribbon ...
    beanz beanz March 2012 Hardware
  • zx 48k ribbon cables slotOne more question regarding the zx 48k: the other 48K i have, and this one is working fine, i had to open it compare the voltages with a broken one..…

    The ribbons on the keyboard membrane often break, but it' ... for a very fine point soldering iron bit!

    How ...
    Zorn Zorn May 2012 Hardware
  • DIVIDE 2k11hello, just short link - for Your info (cpld, 4 layers, rohs, cpld code for future development for clones..) [url]http://lotharek.pl/product.php?…

    ... controlled by an original spectrum keyboard.

    2. To made ... understand/repair/improove it by soldering without the need of getting ...
    ingo ingo June 2012 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128 toaster and divide incompatibility problems with some demos and games.Okay so I got this thing now. It?s my first Spectrum ever. [img]http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2016/speccyl.jpg[/img] [url]http://img824.image…

    ... using diodes directly to the keyboard. I found that some ... After desoldering the diodes and soldering of transistors instead (pnp transistors ... to adress line, emitter to keyboard and 4.7 ... 8. ... connected to the "dirty" keyboard.

    Greets Ingo ...
    ingo ingo August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Raspberry PiThis looks interesting .... [url]http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/[/url] Anyone got one yet ?

    ... like to get involved with soldering if I can help it ... . The only soldering I have ever done is ... clean the the 64's keyboard circuit board and then re ...
    Klepto Klepto September 2012 Chit chat
  • Raspberry PiThis looks interesting .... [url]http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/[/url] Anyone got one yet ?

    ... like to get involved with soldering if I can help it ... . The only soldering I have ever done is ... clean the the 64's keyboard circuit board and then re ...
    polomint polomint September 2012 Chit chat
  • DivIDE CompatabilityThe Spectrum is 30 show proved a valuable event for investigating issues with Spectrums which do not work with the DivIDE.... The ones I sell are ma…

    ... would have Spectranet, Kempston joystick, keyboard socket, DivIDE and the proposed ... that, other than improving my soldering technique, the effort of hand ...
    Tuna Tuna September 2012 Hardware
  • Linux Format magazine: Raspberry Pi running FUSE inside a speccy caseIn this month's Linux Format magazine, they put a Raspberry Pi running FUSE inside a speccy case: [url]http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-1…

    ... modding mags, the speccy keyboard does work like a pc ... control board from a pc keyboard hooked up to the ... to connect the speccy keyboard up the the Pi ... by using a USB keyboard controller from one of ... stripboard and a bit of soldering but it works fine.< ...
    ADJB ADJB October 2012 Emulators
  • Spectrum 16K Issue 3Hi! I just received a Spectrum 16K, which turns out to be an Issue 3. Is it really that rare? If not, I?d like to upgrade it to 48K. There are 12 em…

    ... . A little bit of minor soldering would be required. If you ... the issue 3 machine. The keyboard ribbon connectors can be quite ...
    RST#08 RST#08 November 2012 Hardware
  • CAPS SHIFT on Spectrum+ ComputerI have just recently supplied a couple of replacement Spectrum+ keyboard membranes to a customer in Barby, Germany. Although something may have been…

    ... if you use a plus keyboard on a rubber key spectrum ... up. Replacing the resistor (or soldering one in parallel to the ...
    gtsamour gtsamour December 2012 Hardware
  • Rubber keys.Is there an longer lasting alternative to the membranes on the (rubber key/plus/toast rack) speccys ? I've always thought that they were a bit fragi…

    ... handy with a drill and soldering iron, then you can do ... them fitted the original rubber keyboard overlay onto the case and ... as a standard ZX Spectrum keyboard. The keys should in this ...
    Pierre Pierre April 2013 Hardware
  • Rubber keys.Is there an longer lasting alternative to the membranes on the (rubber key/plus/toast rack) speccys ? I've always thought that they were a bit fragi…

    ... handy with a drill and soldering iron, then you can do ... them fitted the original rubber keyboard overlay onto the case and ... as a standard ZX Spectrum keyboard. The keys should in this ...
    TK90XFan TK90XFan April 2013 Hardware
  • The right toolsAs i am going to pick up a hobby of fixing spectrums I wanted to know whats the right tools for the job. Like what wattage should the soldering iron …

    ... a lifetime.

    Decent soldering iron - I personally use a ... few spare ULA chips and keyboard membranes.
    DEATH DEATH July 2013 Hardware
  • Keyboard has a life of its own?I just received a Spectrum+ Issue 4S, where I had to replace the MIC connector and I also did the Composite mod. So far it works just fine, but when …

    ... to spot anything in the keyboard connector sockets. I was thinking ... ?t trust my very limited soldering skills and, super-stupid question ... to have two rows of soldering points each on this 4S ...
    schombi schombi August 2013 Hardware
  • FS: Toastrack[URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111188603251"]Here[/URL]

    ... to the right of the keyboard where some hand wear to ... afraid of a bit of soldering to do some mods you ...
    chev chev October 2013 Sales
  • Printed ZX Printer beltsImre Jakli from Hungary sent me some interesting pictures which I think are worth to share. These are about replacement belts he printed for the ZX P…

    ... /> so everything is orange nowadays (Keyboard clamp, printer belt, etc...) :-)
    together with 180-200C soldering iron. It was not an ...
    jimre jimre December 2013 Hardware
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