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Toastrack refurbishmentYesterday I opened a drawer in my old desk and discovered 2 complete toastrack 128s and a board only for the same. As I already have a fully working…
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ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 3, loss of -5V rail.Hi all, I've googled this problem and poured over the electrical diagrams for the circuitry concerning the power supplies and I believe I know what …
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Spectrum Spares in my Shop!Hi everybody, Excuse the spam please. :) I've update my Spares section of my shop here: [url]http://www.mutant-caterpillar.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPa…
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PLOTTER - display file utilityI've been disassembling Gyron and needed something to help with working out where things were being put on the screen, so I wrote this program. I was…
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New interfaces coming upWell, new versions it should say. The postman just delivered this months Seeedstudio order: [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/SAM_0620…
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Next step for fixing my speccy?Hi guys, I've picked up my faulty Spectrum aiming to fix it. So I followed the excellent JouledperCoulomb videos on Youtube for the basics and I am …
... it on I get a white border, a short flash of ... blocks and then a black screen with slim white vertical stripes. And ... -
Short Circuit Damage?Hey Spectrum fans, Currently trying to diagnose what is wrong with my 48K Issue 4B ZX Spectrum. The initial problem was the fact it would not boot -…
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Night Gunneralthough im aware of the bite back and silverbird re releases there seems to be confusion in my mind,my copy is on black tape with white inlay howeve…
... ,my copy is on black tape with white inlay however ive just ... seen a copy on white tape with black inlay the colour of ... -
Two Sinclair joystick ports interface for toastrack?Hi! I just bought a new toastrack 128k from Ben. Which interface allows to connect two Sinclair joysticks to standard 128k? Any schematics or cheap o…
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Stereo sound board on toastrackI've got one of bverstee's stereo sound board for my +2A and it is absolutely brilliant - I'm wanting to fit one to my toastrack as well as the sound…
... to fit one to my toastrack as well as the sound ... 'm doing that to my toastrack.
Anyone fitted one ...Issue 6 repair with a twist...(Starting with a slight grump - the forum ate my first attempt at this so this'll probably end up being a bit terse :)) I got a Issue 6 48K machine …
... cyan when the paper was white.
Now suspecting a ... in random blank pixels and white paper/black ink (00111000) being corrupted ... to cyan/black (00101000).
One swift ...TR1 & TR2 replacement - now dark picture?Hi all I saw a list of diodes you could swap out for better modern equivalents. I saw TR1/2 could be replaced with BC547 which i had afew of (BC547 …
... I've now got a black and white picture and its quite ...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 …
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I have a black and white picture issue at the moment ...128k Toastrack Problem...Ok, so I sold a 128k Toastrack on eBay, absolutely fine, perfect working order, etc (not needed since i've got a +2e now.) Returned faulty, with a c…
... , so I sold a 128k Toastrack on eBay, absolutely fine, perfect ...LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…
... ]ld a,64 ; white ink (7) on black paper (0),
; bright ...Spectrum preservation/clean up questions.I’m sorting out my 5 Spectrums trying to make them look a bit better, and to package them up how they should be, and to get them to be reliable…
... one is really nice and white, can anyone recommend what to ... from the rubber Spectrums (rectangle black), Microdrive’s (rectangle), the pluses ...Issue with Issue Two[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25300140/Spectrum/Edited_ImageEasyImageEditor_20141111_84.jpg[/img] I'm working on an Issue Two that was sh…
... Two that was showing black paper and white border. I changed the ...New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…
... FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible ...No text at startupGreetings from Norway all Spectrum enthusiasts. I hope someone can help me with this. When I power up my Spectrum 48k (issue 3b) I get a white border…
... 3b) I get a white border and black paper on the screen ... and after a second the black ... paper turns white and no "(c) 19xx ... Ltd" appears. Just a complete white screen. I have replaced all ...128k Toastrack Composite Video output confusion!Hi everyone. Ok, so I have a couple of 48k's that I have performed Wombles fantastic composite mod on. They work great here in Canada on my big scre…
... my hands on a 128k Toastrack. I am reading on these ...Strange ROM in grey +2I got a grey +2 for repair and I got it working. However, when I did some final testing, I realized there were no key-clicks either in 128K or 48K mo…
... mode the paper was black and ink white and not the other ...ZX Spectrum+ video ? red on green problemThis is my first post on the forum, so let me introduce myself. I am retired for several years. For 30 years I have been a fan of the ZX Spectrum. I …
... colored stripes.
Black letters on a white background are surrounded (the ...Chuckie Egg 2 PokesOkay, so, I fancy a crack at Chuckie Egg 2 before FA Cup MotD comes on. Loaded it up, and tried the Multiface poke, but the one that crops up EVERYW…
... one of the older blue/black labels with the stars around ... , not one of the later white ones..)
So, can ...What influence the number of stripes during initialization?Hi for All! After some adventures, with other rare old computers I'm back here to my favourite forum. :) Recently I got some ISSUE 2 boards from Ben…
... ZX Spectrum is powered up black and white stripes are displayed for ...TR4/TR5 replacementHi guys, I've got another Spectrum I'm working on now - an Issue 4S this time. When I originally got it, I powered it up and did the basic tests a…
... turns on and displays a black and white image only, similar to ...Initial check - 128k ToastrackI was wondering if there are any guides to initial checks that can be performed on a 128k speccy (toastrack) before first power on? I've the excelle…
I was wondering if there are any guides to initial checks that can be performed on a 128k speccy (toastrack) before first power on?
I've the excellent ones on youtube for the 48k and wondered if there was something similar?Toastrack - poor state/non working requiredHi all, I'm after the rattiest, tattiest, non-working toastrack that can be gotten - I'd like to obtain one I can fully socket for testing my diagn…
... the rattiest, tattiest, non-working toastrack that can be gotten - I ...Pentagon 1024SL 2.2 woesHey there,<br>I'm currently trying to get my Pentagon 1024SL 2.2 up and running for the second time.<br>Right now it's showing me the screen one woul…
... put into the machine (blue, white, black screen pattern, blue border)
Spectrum 128K Toastrack vs. +3 RGBGuys, I just got myself a DivMMC, and decided the 'pure' way to use it would be with my toastrack 128K running to a Sony CRT TV via RGB Scart. Wh…
... it would be with my toastrack 128K running to a Sony ... is much longer than the toastrack, and has the borked sound ... not as clean as the toastrack!)
So, my question ... +3 better than on a toastrack, or is there something up ...Have I damaged the keyboard membrane?I've just picked up a Spectrum+, and am a total novice when it comes to fixing hardware, but thought I'd give the Speccy a clean and see if I could r…
... part of the white tracks underneath, leaving behind black tracks. See picture ... no idea what the white coating on the black tracks is for ... even realise it was a white coating until it came off ...
