I’m back on the case now repairing my faulty Spectrum after a couple months away from the project and am quite keen on wrapping this up fairly quickly. I’ve finally found a reliable supplier of RAM chips (through the World of Spectrum forums), a very helpful chap called Ben Versteeg, who has a quite interesting Spectrum related website. Ben suggested I replace the faulty TMS4532-20NL3 with a 4164 chip as they are compatible with my …
This application by Wojciech Lazarski allows you to download tape images from the World of Spectrum website and “play” them, via the headphone jack of your iDevice into the home computer. The application made me feel all warm and nostalgic inside. It displays the loading progress with the familiar beooping sounds and border patterns. I thought I’d try the app yesterday afternoon after completing the composite video modification… At first I tried to connect the Spectrum to my …
I mentioned in a previous post that I was going to modify my Spectrum to output composite video out of its TV port rather than a modulated RF signal. I take absolutely no credit for this; I discovered the instructions on Womble’s Retro Repair Shack, who in turn credits an article in the magazine “Crash” from 1986 (possibly Issue 28). To understand why this modification is necessary, a short history lesson is required. Back in …