Hey Tj glad to see you trying out the Speccy original! I'm glad to see it works well. Although the sound might need looking at. You've got to love those rubber key Spectrums though, there's just something about them!
I always used an external speaker, sometimes the cassette player, remove the tape and hit the record button on the player and then hear it through that.
You look as happy as I did on getting mine in 1982 after my dad (a senior systems engineer at the time) made me learn BASIC and tested me on it before I was allowed one. He did that to encourage me not to just use it for games, so I wrote my own! And thanks to that I wrote code for the HUDs for C-17, F-5 and Eurofighter Typhoon, F-16 HUDWAC and the fly-by-wire FCC for the Boeing 777. As they say, "From little acorns..." although I never had an Atom, Electron, BBC Micro or Archimedes - just my humble rubbery little black slab 😊
Awesome vide. Brings back memories. When growing up my parents bought a 48k rubber key spectrum as a family computer. First game i played was manic miner
Amazing vid as always TJ.. Apparently, you guys actually have a 240V supply similar to ours, but it's spilt differently - I don't pretend to understand it, but the "Technology Connections" channel has a great video on the US system.
@tommik1283 I remember sneeking about my room at 2am and realised the shear power of a zx spectrum beeper......I had to smother my zx spectrum with a pillow.....if dad found out...🔪
Don't ignore the maintenance on this old machine: replacing the caps, the voltage regulator, heatsink on ULA, video mod and replace the keyboard membrane with a 48-KLDX micro switches membrane.
Quick European voltage infodump for you TJ, as you are getting it wrong. So, this is very basic, but in Europe there were 2 popular mains voltage groups. Some countries had 240v like the UK. Some others had 220v. So, depending where in Europe your retro gadget was originally sold, you would have a 240v or 220v PSU. For UK Speccys this will be 240v. Since we all became EU (and before that Brexit nonsense, which has changed nothing on this score), it was decided we would all shift our standards to 230v. This was because for old equipment, 230v was in the required tolerance range for both. So the switch was seamless. All new stuff, and for some time now actually, is designed for 230v. What non-European types need to know, is they should just set their converters to 230v for all European retro and modern electronics. It'll just work. You should not, though, be feeding 220v to an old 240v device or 240v to an old 220v device. Just use 230v like we do over here and you'll be good.
Actually many of those old 220V equipment are capable to handle the “new” 230V standard (which is often closer to 240V in reality depending on how far do you live from the transformer station).
@@gabor222Yep, that's what I'm saying. 230v is in the tolerance range for both old 220v devices and 240v devices. This is why none of us noticed when we all switched to 230v unless we were nerds. So you just go with 230v for everything and you're good.
thanks man. yeh, finding it hard to find any time right now for RUclips. Mom is over for a while, work is busy, many projects and pokers in the fire. Afraid there will be a dry spell from me for a bit.
I have an Original 48K Rubber keyboard, 128K Toast rack, +2 and +3 ZX Spectrum. Not sure if they are still working or not because of storage. I have the ZX Spectrum Next KS1 (Boxed (now 2024 )) and KS2 for use today :)
Hey Tj glad to see you trying out the Speccy original! I'm glad to see it works well. Although the sound might need looking at. You've got to love those rubber key Spectrums though, there's just something about them!
Sound is usually louder than that. There might be a faulty transistor or diode.
I always used an external speaker, sometimes the cassette player, remove the tape and hit the record button on the player and then hear it through that.
You look as happy as I did on getting mine in 1982 after my dad (a senior systems engineer at the time) made me learn BASIC and tested me on it before I was allowed one. He did that to encourage me not to just use it for games, so I wrote my own! And thanks to that I wrote code for the HUDs for C-17, F-5 and Eurofighter Typhoon, F-16 HUDWAC and the fly-by-wire FCC for the Boeing 777. As they say, "From little acorns..." although I never had an Atom, Electron, BBC Micro or Archimedes - just my humble rubbery little black slab 😊
@@TheOneTrueSpLiT and the speccy community is still alive and kicking. PJ
@@TweetyLTWG We sure are, albeit via emulators for me these days.
Good video! TJ! Glad your ZX Spectrum 48 rubber key boots really good! Never seen one before! Nice!
Awesome vide. Brings back memories. When growing up my parents bought a 48k rubber key spectrum as a family computer. First game i played was manic miner
Isn't it just a fabulous machine 😀 , enjoy 👍
My heart raced when the screen stayed black 😅when booting but then the ZXHD kicked in, what a relaxing feeling. Have fun with it P.J.
Nice 👌🏻. Takes me back to 1983/4 when I first powered my on and boy I was excited 😜. Still excites me today when I use the old rubber key wonder
Great video TJ!!
Reminds me of Christmas 1984!
Great video sweet heart x
Amazing vid as always TJ.. Apparently, you guys actually have a 240V supply similar to ours, but it's spilt differently - I don't pretend to understand it, but the "Technology Connections" channel has a great video on the US system.
That speaker is actually loud normally. I would say too loud, especially when playing some games at night...
@tommik1283 I remember sneeking about my room at 2am and realised the shear power of a zx spectrum beeper......I had to smother my zx spectrum with a pillow.....if dad found out...🔪
Don't ignore the maintenance on this old machine: replacing the caps, the voltage regulator, heatsink on ULA, video mod and replace the keyboard membrane with a 48-KLDX micro switches membrane.
games with good music.. chronos and agent x/level 3 is amazing. need to play it through an amplifier
New replacement cases and rubber keyboards at Retro Radionics.
I suppose you could have waited for the Spectrum in November from Retro Games UK, which has 128k.
But it's great you have the 48k oh!
Enjoy.
Quick European voltage infodump for you TJ, as you are getting it wrong. So, this is very basic, but in Europe there were 2 popular mains voltage groups. Some countries had 240v like the UK. Some others had 220v. So, depending where in Europe your retro gadget was originally sold, you would have a 240v or 220v PSU. For UK Speccys this will be 240v. Since we all became EU (and before that Brexit nonsense, which has changed nothing on this score), it was decided we would all shift our standards to 230v. This was because for old equipment, 230v was in the required tolerance range for both. So the switch was seamless. All new stuff, and for some time now actually, is designed for 230v. What non-European types need to know, is they should just set their converters to 230v for all European retro and modern electronics. It'll just work. You should not, though, be feeding 220v to an old 240v device or 240v to an old 220v device. Just use 230v like we do over here and you'll be good.
Actually many of those old 220V equipment are capable to handle the “new” 230V standard (which is often closer to 240V in reality depending on how far do you live from the transformer station).
@@gabor222Yep, that's what I'm saying. 230v is in the tolerance range for both old 220v devices and 240v devices. This is why none of us noticed when we all switched to 230v unless we were nerds. So you just go with 230v for everything and you're good.
I miss you TJ!
thanks man. yeh, finding it hard to find any time right now for RUclips. Mom is over for a while, work is busy, many projects and pokers in the fire. Afraid there will be a dry spell from me for a bit.
Pretty sure the loading sound came through the TV bitd. Also, we mvoed to 230v to match the EU back in the 80's (I think).
next up, load off tape, maybe play Thru the wall off the original Horizons tape for the complete early experience
I have an Original 48K Rubber keyboard, 128K Toast rack, +2 and +3 ZX Spectrum. Not sure if they are still working or not because of storage. I have the ZX Spectrum Next KS1 (Boxed (now 2024 )) and KS2 for use today :)
All modern tvs support pal or ntsc........for the past 30yrs its been standard
@@Mr.1.i I will have to test it one day.
@MacSociety really you don't need to spend a day testing a tv to see if it supports pal and ntsc......why dont you try French equipment that's secam
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