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Ben has modded many old computers into gaming portables and today he takes a crack at something new - the ZX Spectrum. He gets stared by taking the computer apart and for a closer look inside. He makes sure it works by simulating loading a game from tape before he gets down to making modifications. He adds a new EEPROM with two different operating systems and makes some an upgrades to the video RAM

 

               

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  • cameron36816718.
    cameron36816718. over 8 years ago

    watching this again I'm surprised you didn't design it horizontally more like the sega game gear then add additional top buttons for faster loading. Love the show but as I see you making awesome mods to old consoles can you do more such as colecovision and master systems and such.

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    Former Member over 10 years ago

    DivIDE and DivMMC card readers exist for compact flash and MMC/SD cards respectively. Such things can usually be obtained off ebay, kits also exist.

     

    Early issue 1 and 2 Spectrums did have the front plate glued on, but this changed with the issue 3 (which you've been working on).

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