ZX81 strange keyboard problem?

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Who's Andy "Rae" :?: ;)
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<cough> :lol:
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Lol.... I'm back home now and well curiosity got the better of me so i took pin 39 and bent it aside... take that A6' i said to the ula... and this is what happens with " HELLO WORLD " repeated
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sirmorris wrote: Thu Jul 20, 2017 6:22 pm <cough> :lol:
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Moggy wrote: Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:42 pm Who's Andy "Rae" :?: ;)
Maybe a relative of Sugar Rae Robinson? :geek:
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Can I offer an explanation to this problem please.
I think it could be the memory at fault if you plug in the ram pack
Does the problem go away? If so it's the s ram ic,s.....Kim 😋
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