Having been a Spectrum owner back in the day I never experienced the C64, but have watched numerous being fixed[…]
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Month: July 2021
C64 Diagnostics Cards
Diagnostics cards are an essential weapon in the retro fixers toolkit. I have quite a few different diagnostics cards for[…]
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Naked Spectrum
While fixing previous spectrums I bought a cheap motherboard in poor condition to use for spares. I knew it was[…]
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Building a Dandanator mini
The Dandanator mini is an expansion card for the ZX Spectrum that enables fast ROM/game loading from a pre-programmed EEPROM.[…]
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2114 SRAM Tester
On the 40th Anniversary of the ZX81 I retrieved mine from the shelf in my office and plugged it in[…]
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Z80 Processor tester
The Z80 processor is a classic micro-processor. Originally designed in the 1970’s variants are still in production, and widely available[…]
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