Tag Archives: ZX

Real easy Video fix for ZX Spectrum +2 (gray, “Toast Rack”)

I bought a ZX Spectrum +2 gray (toast rack) for my retrocomputer collection and it was the fail. The video output was bad and also there is a serious problem with RAM or ULA. But this article is about making … Continue reading

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ZX LCD

After building ZX Spectrum clone in CPLD I ported hardware code to another project and this is a bit simpler, but it uses some mono LCD from old copy machine. Now I used only one CPLD, but I added an … Continue reading

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ZX Spectrum inside CPLD

I found an old ZX Spectrum clone made in Soviet Union in the 90’s. It was my computer, I wrote several programs on it and also, I wrote drivers for Epson printer on this hardware. This model has Soviet chip … Continue reading

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My collection of old computer

For a long time, I collected a small collection of computer hardware. Here is the link to my Old Bits Collection.

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ZX Spectrum

Today I visited some old junk shop to check electricity counter and found lots of interesting stuff. I bought two things- Sega Game Gear and Sinclair ZX Spectrum personal computer. I payed 3LTL (~1USD) for Speccy. It is original ZX … Continue reading

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