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CATEGORY: GUIDES

Documenting all my builds and restorations. Mostly retro computing or modern remakes.
SECTION 01 · ON THE SHELF
EVERYTHING GUIDES
30 stories, reviews, builds and repairs filed under this banner.
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ZX SPECTRUM NEW BUILD VIDEO WALKTHROUGH
Video guide to the new build Spectrum
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ZX SPECTRUM ISSUE 3B COST
So should you build this? Probably not if you just want a Spectrum to play with, either buy a refurbished one from a reputable source such as Sinclair For Sale...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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LEGO ZX SPECTRUM
Guide to building a ZX Spectrum 48k out of Lego
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INSTALL RASPBERRY PI ZERO INTO ZX SPECTRUM NEXT
Guide to installing a Pi Zero into the AX Spectrum Next to enable acceleration and loading of TXZ games
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TESTING LOWER RAM ON THE ZX SPECTRUM FOR BEGINNERS
Guide to testing the lower ram of the ZX Spectrum 48k