Brand New Spectrum 48k Part 2 - IN LIVING COLOUR! and with a new keyboard too!

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  • Part 2 of our brand new Spectrum build - have we fixed the colour issues? And do we have a new keyboard? This episode has been sponsored by our good friends at PCBWay.com - Check out their website for all your PCB fabrication needs. pcbway.com - PCBs for as little as $5!
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  • @giulianomarco
    @giulianomarco ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The ultimate test will be can your new case and keyboard stand up to the rigours of Daley Thompson's Decathlon. 😋👍

    • @damianbutterworth2434
      @damianbutterworth2434 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never let anyone play that on mine back in the 80`s. :)

    • @giulianomarco
      @giulianomarco ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@damianbutterworth2434 The Quickshot joystick killer! 😁

  • @timjewell7492
    @timjewell7492 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi, I just wanted to say that a couple of keys on my self-built harlequin 48k speccy haven't been working for a long time. This video gave me the info I needed to diagnose the problem. I.e. testing each of the 40 key traces. Your video allowed me to confirm that its one of the traces on the keyboard membrane that is broken. I was even able to find the break! Thanks!

    • @TheRetroShack
      @TheRetroShack  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you got the problem sorted - good job!

  • @horusfalcon
    @horusfalcon ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well done! LM1889n are still available from Radwell in the US, UK, and Mexico. New stock is still available for under $8 US each.

    • @TheRetroShack
      @TheRetroShack  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well I guess I’ll get one of those ordered too! Thanks very much! :) :)

  • @Scrub_Ghost
    @Scrub_Ghost ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this stuff. Thank you. I remember my VIC 20 and Commodore 64 with fond memories. I will never do this, but I am grateful for your passion, and more importantly your knowledge, skills and experience.

  • @cjh0751
    @cjh0751 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work. Always nice to see another Spectrum born into the world. That keyboard looks great.....I can't wait to see how the case comes into existence.

  • @Colin_Ames
    @Colin_Ames ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice work. Looking forward to part 3.

  • @chainq68k
    @chainq68k ปีที่แล้ว

    The first you showed those gray flat cables I was thinking - "those look really crappy and cheap, what a shame". Guess what - they were junk. Good job, looking forward to the case!

  • @blitzerblazinoah6838
    @blitzerblazinoah6838 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Looks like a mini BBC Micro.

    • @ryanfarmer4882
      @ryanfarmer4882 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or a big white ZX81 with proper keyboard

  • @thomas-i5o7h
    @thomas-i5o7h ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The headers on both the keyboard and mainboard was a great idea ! Don't you just hate getting cheap trashy cables with a new keyboard ?

  • @frankowalker4662
    @frankowalker4662 ปีที่แล้ว

    YAY, Colour. Nice keyboard.

  • @britinindy4255
    @britinindy4255 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Entertaining and edifying all at once! I enjoy all of your videos so keep 'em coming 🙃🙂.

  • @richards7909
    @richards7909 ปีที่แล้ว

    Surely LED keys were the order of the day? Imagine the red, yellow, green and blue ‘ribbon’ floating from right to left or maybe a nice fade….:D

  • @lostcarpark
    @lostcarpark ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice! However, if you're designing a new case, why not go all in and update the keyboard layout? I'd love to see a proper space bar, big enter key, duplicated shift key, and some combo keys like backspace and cursor keys. Might even stick a microcontroller in to map extra keys to the key matrix to avoid the dual layer issues of the Spectrum+ keyboard.

  • @talideon
    @talideon ปีที่แล้ว

    That intro was a proper tease!

  • @markclaydon
    @markclaydon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a great video - looking forward to the next one :)

  • @DerekWilsonProgrammer
    @DerekWilsonProgrammer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe those are called DuPont wires.

  • @thomas-i5o7h
    @thomas-i5o7h ปีที่แล้ว

    Which Cherry switches did you use ? And did you say there were two pins per switch to solder ?

  • @barbiani
    @barbiani ปีที่แล้ว

    Will you update the key cap texts?

  • @OscarSommerbo
    @OscarSommerbo ปีที่แล้ว

    Looking at the datasheet for the LM1889n, it doesn't look like a too complex circuit. I mean, the ULA was reverse engineered, and the LM1889n has full schematics in the datasheet. It should be very doable to create a modern replacement.

    • @VladoT
      @VladoT ปีที่แล้ว

      As almost everybody replaces the RF output with some kind of video output mod the LM1889n is not needed in it's entirety so probable small PCB with few SMD resistors and transistors will do the trick.