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Also to note there is no sound,maybe because it's not booting?

Thanks for the comprehensive reply that is very informative,so basically my thoughts were to renew the caps as a matter of course so that ticks off one if the suggestions. I will grab a ula from somewhere and some new ram and go from there. I am quite lucky as the ram is socketed so should be relati...

Hi, First technical post,bought a zx16k which has been languishing in a loft for a lifetime...bought off fleabay,from a new seller so what could go wrong!!anyhoo... Firstly it wouldn't power up,found a poor connection in the main barrel on the motherboard due to a buildup of crud. Sorted that but wh...

Hi,having enjoyed a spectrum +2 back in the day I felt it was time to dabble once more. Have picked up a zx16k which appears to have been left in a loft for the best part of 35years before coming to me,and appears to have a few mods and a 48k upgrade but alas needs stuff doing so will be harassing e...