Hello from Italy

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happycactus
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Hello from Italy

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Hello! I'm Federico, I'm from Italy. I have a M.Sc. in electronics engineering, First time trying to fix a 48k spectrum.
I felt in love with computers back in '86, when the dad of a girl at school offered to teach programming, but I was the only one accepting. And I learned on a Spectrum plus, but never owned one, because my parents didn't want to buy one. I had to write programs on paper and test them on his computer when at lesson!

A few years later I finally had an Olivetti PC128 (clone of Thompson), then a Philips XT, then a portable PS/2... fast forward till today, when I design electronics and software for embedded systems.

Finally, a few years ago I bought a 48k, with the idea of repairing it, but unfortunately I had not the time.

A few days ago I decided it was time to try again, and here I am.

Bye :-)
Lardo Boffin
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Re: Hello from Italy

Post by Lardo Boffin »

Welcome and good luck with the Spectrum!
ZX80
ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
Tatung 81 + Wespi
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
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