Fixing a poorly ZX-Spectrum (Part 6)
Today I decided to prepare the Spectrum motherboard for the replacement RAM chip (IC16). To make things easy, I’ve decided to be brutal and cut the faulty chip out. Like most things, that was easier said than done. My cutters were too large to attack the pins. Thankfully the pins are made out of quite soft metal, so 15 minutes with a small saw along the top of the pins sorted the left hand side …