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That would go down well with the long-haired General if it meant I could get rid of the 28" Tosh goldfish bowl cluttering up the spare room. How would that work with the likes of ZXPand though?

Thanks for the info chaps :) I've been speaking to Rich and it looks like my Zed is taking a trip to chez SirMorris to be stared at and pondered over with a view to resolving the issue that early Issue 1s have with the ZXpand. He's also going to flash and install a later ROM for me while it's there ...

Good job I erred on the cautious side, as I've just run a simple test with the board in:
When I ran it, the error C/8514 was displayed. Bleh! More expense

I've spoken to Rich @ RWAP, and even though he doesn't think it'll be an issue, I've ordered a new custom flashed ROM anyway. One problem down, how many to go?

That second one's very nice :) I couldn't seem to see whether it's correctly set up to break apart, or whether it has the correct turrets for screws & such from my quick look though. I don't have any 3D software, but I do have a friend with access to one, who is waiting to see if his Uni get money f...

Ooer... trust me to get a tricksy one! So if I desolder the stand-off board I'll have a faulty ROM, so the sensible option is to replace it? I've just had a squint through eBay and SellmyRetro to no avail. Any clues where I could find one?

Hi all, I've just opened up my new purchase, which is also the first time i've opened a ZX81, and inside I've found an Issue 1 board with wiggly traces that's all very psychadelic! :roll: My reason for opening it was to slap a heatsink on the ULA and change the keyboard membrane for a new item due t...