Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

Moggy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:33 pm that is a strange word to use

Seconded.

Very cool video, even if a tiny bit tedious. And a neat little program for these humble machines. Thanks for posting this.

Yup--it's a sure sign we're getting old. I had to explain myself when I told my daughter about encyclopedias being on CD. She knew what a CD was, but what the heck is an "encyclopedia"?

I used two strips of double-sided adhesive foam, but I don't remember where I got the stuff. A caution however: the foam I used was perhaps a tiny bit too thick, requiring the maximum key travel the board can manage, and a very firm press to register properly. I've never revised it, but if I had to ...

"Early ZX81"s were also available in kit form, which means a potential wildcard. I recall with questionable accuracy that mine, bought in North America, did come with sockets supplied, undoubtedly a wisdom as a hedge against my under-developed soldering skills.

How is this achieved? It is not. The ROM switcher was an experiment which has not worked out for other reasons. When I was preparing to burn the actual ROM chip, I simply gathered together 8 images, (unfamiliar with almost all of them), to try out. The key guide stuck on the corner is moot I'm afra...

I have this one in my collection: 04.jpg My opinion? It is a definite positive improvement over the flat membrane, but of course no where near as nice as a full keyboard. My unit is attached with 2-sided tape which I feel may be a tad on the thick side, requiring a too-hard keypress to make positive...

And it does indeed work! Thanks to Mark and Sir Morris! I have just plugged it all in and done a quick test. I have loaded Orbit from tape with a volume setting of 3 out of 10 with the dubber. Ordinarily in order to get this tape to load I need a volume of around 7. Edit - turns out I can load this...

A belated "Hello there!" Mythic66, from Waterloo Ontario.

Thanks XavSnap. I'm away this weekend but I look forward to playing with this stuff next week.