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The B&W TV has the added bonus of extra nostalgia when in use. 8-) I’m very jealous of the BEOCOMP by the way. Its not a variant I think I have seen for sale. :cry: Well, if it works, I may put it up for sale... I’d buy it if not working. I suspect it is a normal zeddy inside and therefore fixable.

Is it one of these?

https://www.youmakerobots.com/sinclair/ ... it-without

If so there are two pots that look adjustable? Might be worth taking a photo of where they are now (to allow easy roll back) and adjusting them.

Does the composite mod have any adjustment? I fit ZX8-CCBS (and have fitted a lot) and they have two pots that need adjusting to get a good and stable picture: https://www.ginger-electronic.com/en/retro-computer/21-zx8-ccb-video-mod-for-sinclair-zx80-and-zx81.html Once adjusted the picture is superb...

Thats a nice white zeddy!

The B&W TV has the added bonus of extra nostalgia when in use.

I’m very jealous of the BEOCOMP by the way. Its not a variant I think I have seen for sale.

For ones I don’t want to open I just bought one of these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305611975311 ... media=COPY

Thanks for the link - an interesting read. I was drinking way too much coffee. Headaches, light headedness, dizziness… I have it black with no sugar so not the additives in this case. Apparently caffeine restricts blood flow to the brain. When it wears off all the blood rushes back in and causes the...

I dodged the type 2 bullet a few years ago. After drinking WAY too much coffee for decades it became apparent I needed to cut down. Sadly I did not coincide this reduction of caffeine with improved sleep so made up for the lack of energy by eating more sweet stuff. I had an MOT blood test which said...

Good luck with getting that sorted.

Might be time to do a little programming instead?

I don’t know numerically how rare they are but only a few pop up on eBay each year.