AUTHOR: LOSTRETROTAPES

GUIDES

GUIDES

NEW BUILD ZX SPECTRUM - THE PCB

First thing we need is a PCB to base everything around. Thanks to the hard work of Pabb he has redrawn the Issue 3B board and has made Gerber files available fo...

GUIDES

GUIDES

NEW BUILD ZX SPECTRUM – CREATING THE MANUALS

Who can forget the two orange bound manuals that came with the Spectrum, for most it was our first introduction to the magic that put text and graphics onto the...

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GUIDES

NEW BUILD ZX SPECTRUM – CREATING THE HORIZONS CASSETTE

Totally unnecessary (like a lot of this build) but quite good fun, I thought now I have recreated the Spectrum and it looks like it would have under the Christm...

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GUIDES

NEW BUILD ZX SPECTRUM - POWER

Time to install the parts needed to provide power to the Spectrum. The original was strange in the respect it used what is called centre negative power. The maj...

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GUIDES

NEW BUILD ZX SPECTRUM - INSTALLING THE TRANSISTORS

The transistors have some of the biggest differences with the original board so far. Whether it is because the original transistors are no longer available to b...

REPAIR

REPAIR

ZX SPECTRUM ULA

The ULA, or Uncommitted Logic Array, chip was a key component of the ZX Spectrum.

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GUIDES

LEGO ZX SPECTRUM

Guide to building a ZX Spectrum 48k out of Lego

REPAIR

REPAIR

ZX SPECTRUM IC26

Guide to the ZX Spectrum IC26 Chip

REPAIR

REPAIR

ZX SPECTRUM IC25

Guide to the ZX Spectrum IC25 Chip

REPAIR

REPAIR

ZX SPECTRUM IC24

Guide to ZX Spectrum IC24 Logic Chip