SINCLAIR ZX Spectrum +2 NOT playing Games & Faulty Key - EASY FIX
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- Here we have a 'Tea Break Fix' video on a SINCLAIR 128K ZX SPECTRUM +2 which will not play games and one key is faulty. It is not going to be the most interesting fix in the world but it might bring back some 1980s memories.
Thanks for watching, Vince 👍
Quick tip for the spring. I have a video on my channel where I make a spring from scratch using a drill and guitar string. It’s easy and lets you make a spring of any size
You should look into Acetone plastic welding - it would have been much superior here than the superglue, which will undoubtedly fail after under a little stress.
As someone who has used it in both hobby kit model building, going back to my youth, and in my projects as an Industrial Design major back in my Uni days, I was going to suggest that Vince look into a product like Plastruct Plastic Weld - or an equivalent solvent-based bonding agent, that would actually allow the pieces to actually fuse back together, rather than be held together by an adhesive agent . Sufficient drying time would have to be provided (longer than with CA glue), but as you stated, would be better for these types of applications like screw posts/mounting bosses, etc. Depending upon the type of polymer, Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) also works well (particularly for styrene); it could be applied by either a brush or small hypodermic syringe.
Or decent Epoxy
Not meaning to cause conflict or argument but isopropyl alcohol should never be used on a pinch roller. John Peel mentioned this in Making 4 Track Music book, my late partner of over 50 years experience said same and I have extensive experience in cassette mechanisms myself. People will continue to do this, regardless but as tape mechanisms aren't made anymore, it will lead to failure, splitting and total loss. John P suggested spit, and some might not like the thought of this, so another suggestion is a solution of dish soap and water, applied with a cloth. I hope I haven't offended anyone, as this isn't my motive. Nice repair advice. 🙂
I concur with hoofbags - I (DataServe Retro) have serviced 100's of these machines over the years and know from first hand experience that you don't clean the pinch rollers on any cassette mechanism with IPA. Platen cleaner is a solvent special blend for this type of rubber (also used for cleaning high end hifi cassette players and things like photocopier and printer rubber pickup rollers). It also has a second advantage in that it makes the pinch roller surface tacky again so the tape doesn't slip.
Omg! That brought back some memories, I had the origina rubber key 16K speccy, saved up my pocket money to buy the chip to update it to 48K, also had that 128k with the tape drive, unfortunately had to sell them when I moved house, wish I never had, the case and thermal printer went with it too 😢 😞 😕 😔
I know the feeling the things I've sold through the years sometimes it was worth it and sometimes it wasn't
We need more retro computer fixes
definitely
Oh god, do NOT use IPA on rubber rollers. IPA causes rubber to deform, deteriorate and crack very quickly and easily. IPA is fine on the heads (as long as you are careful not to drip any on any nearby rollers) but never use it on rollers!
So what do you use on rubber rollers when cleaning them...Naphtha?
@@antonia4722 Just plain water and a cotton bud, with a bit of soap if there is any stubborn dirt. Acetone can be OK on rubber itself as long as it's completely cleaned off with water soon after but VERY bad on plastic and often the rubber rollers have a plastic inner/bearing so it's usually a bad idea.
Watching this video brings back good and bad memories. There was nothing more frustrating that fighting your way through multiple levels of your favourite game only for the cassette to fail to load the next ones! Outrun was the worst for it. When our dad finally upgraded the family computer to an Amiga, floppy disks were a revelation. I still have all our old home computers, including our very first ZX81.
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I still don't understand why 8bit computers in UK, Germany and maybe France adopted the compact cassette as 8bit gaming media. They are good for music but for games sucked. Upto 10 minutes for a 8bit game to load!!!!.
@@SonySupportercheap and universally available. At the time I don’t think there were many other options.
Would love to see more 8bit micro computer fixes. This was my favourite video by far
The Spectrum 48k was the first computer i ever owned which became an addiction for me to this day. I remember typing codes from a Spectrum magazine which tooks a few hours in order to play a free game. Your video brought me personal joy in seeing the loading sequence. Thank you Vince!
That sound is one of the memorable... Even though now I use an SD card loader, occasionally I tape load or load from a phone for the sounds
Must have been a nightmare on that crappy keyboard with one key function inputs. Electron was a piece of piss to knock out basic or assembler because of the awesome keyboard. Hence this revision of the Speccy having a semi useable keyboard.
@@AcornElectron Indeed it was a nightmare, but being a young man i had a lot of patience.
@@AcornElectron Not so much of a nightmare once you got used to it. Still it wasn't very long before I bought a DK'Tronics keyboard which allowed me to install both my Spectrum 48K and my Interface 1 into it. Proper keys made a lot of difference.
Love these old machines, such simple things!
Thanks Kip 👍👍👍
@@Mymatevince Hey Vince, please do How to Setup the Xbox Series X/S for Beginners.
If I remember correctly this is my first computer and the funny thing is I still have it and a bunch of cassette tapes 😀
Never had a ZX Spectrum and didn't know of anyone else that did, probably not very popular here in Australia compared to the UK. Even so I do enjoy videos where old tech/computers are brought back to life. Currently about 95% through doing an Amiga with a new ReAmiga motherboard, current chip shortages is the only thing that is stopping me from finishing it :(
It was worth watching just to be reminded of the Spectrum loading screen. I spent more time looking at the loading screen than I did playing the games. Spyhunter was a great game too.
Massive thumbs up :) Always love to see 80's home computers getting fixed :)
Forget the DATACORDER and use a cassete adapter connected to a cellphone or MP3 !!!!!!!!
My grandad took me to the computer shop when I was a kid and bought me a zx spectrum...happy memories overload 😃
When the pause button does not work using always the working play button obviously the datacorder engine does not stop so that is harmful?
God, me and my sister had a +2. We had loads of games. My favourite was VAMPIRE. bloody difficult but addictive.
Great vid reminded me of my first home computer ZX Spectrum 128 +2 A got it for XMas around 87-88 ish, hours of fun.
I used to get the gaming mags that were available at the time that came with games and demo's, the best game I remember playing on it was called Driller a Sci-Fi game about planting gas rigs on a moon.
Thanks for the memory's and please keep up the great content.
Wow wow wow i had spectrum +2 back in 2005 i loved it. But now my mate Vince has a jingle. It reminds me of old thames television themes like Rainbow wow still my favourite tune from the eighties. 😁
Q-Bond is just superglue and carbon powder sold and branded in a box, you can get it cheap from china, used it all the time for fixing my drones carbonfiber frames, and have used ut it on alott of stuff afther, i learned it from fpv'r Mr-Stele on YT.
If case plastic is ABS you can use acetone to weld pieces together. The joint will be strong as it originally was.
Being about the same age it brought a grin to my face, those red and blue lines catapaulted me back to 1983. Thanks for the memories....
That game loading part gave me a warm fuzzy feeling, awesome ohhh good times.
These young'uns are spoiled with their ssd's and other dark magic these days,
Thank you
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You couldn't see the motherboard and its circuitry at all in the video, which is a shame. Otherwise, great content creation on TH-cam Vinci.
wow such an easy fix and so great to see the spectrum back to life I used to play a game called Dizzy :) and also manic miner not to mention jet set willy lol :)
Hello Vince! What a great watch collection you have!! Keep up the qood work!!
Heat the spring up will make it softer.
OMG amazing. This was my first computer. Im so grateful of my parents buying me this. Remembered it comes in a long rectangle box cover sleeve that you slide out. My favourite games were Dizzy, and I would go to Woolworths to buy the games!!
SPECtacular! Brought back some fond memories! Thanks Vince 👍
I'm hitting the like button on every video to get you back into the algorithm Vince.
Loved the +2 great memories. All those pirate games on D90s
Why do you not have 'What happens when' listed as a sub channel?
I’ve got a Spectrum+3 (with a crappy hybrid amstrad disk drive) in the loft somewhere. There’s little chance it actually works now though, perhaps Vince would like to make a video on it….. assuming it doesn’t work
Those are worth a mint on eBay now.. boxed they go for about 2-3 hundred quids
I don’t belong to the age of this Spectrum but I got to work with these tapes (one subject of the computer science degree about emulation) and I found it very entertaining. The only thing I miss of being just 25 is having missed this age of computers/consoles. As always both an entertaining and educating video as well Vince 💪🏻
My first computer was a ZX Spectrum + and later a +2a. They were brilliant. The sheer size of the games catalogue meant there was always some new exciting game for you to try, that you'd never heard of. Damn I need to start a Retro games room...
Greetings from Karachi, Pakistan.
Next time you use a kicker to help super glue dry faster, try using baking soda. It allows it to be stronger than just the glue.
Lovely job Vince =D
Thanks Chris 👍
Had this system...the memories 😁
The memories. I had this exact machine and it was splendid. Thanks for the video
This was my 1st computer, and ofc I know Bruce Lee the game. My fav games, exploding fist, saboteur, Golden Axe, all Renegades, Match .
Date code 60730
Could be 30th July 1986?one of the Sinclairs built by Amstrad after they bought Sinclair out but obviously still used the Sinclair name
Enjoyed the video again Vince
You can use a coffeemaker filter and some IPA to wife off the keyboard contacts. These filters are useful, as they do not create little paper particles left on a surface (if used gently). They are also useful when wiping off a thermal paste from a CPU or similar. Most of all, these coffee filters are cheap :).
Thanks! usually when Finally, (Years later) getting more, i say, 'another lifetime supply'.
Or use a microfiber towel
Load "" , those were the days, Jet Pack, Manic Miner, and Brain Clough's football fortunes.
New vid! Awesome! Hi Vince! Love to see you working on a ZX Spectrim, a very British system.
Whatta neat little machine! All we had back in the day was a boogity 16K TRS-80 Color Computer. Never got any games for it and maybe tried some programming for a few months. Thing sat in the closet for the rest of its days at La Casa Caracol. Sometime in the mid-'90s we got hold of a Commodore 64 setup. Fun times...
thanks man so much for these memories :D on childhood pc game playing :D but i have another ZX Spectrum Type Only Keyboard :D
Telling my girlfriend iam wanting to go to visit England so bad just from watching your videos. I find it so interesting.
my first computer brought back memories. Spent hours. sadly when I took it to university someone broke into my room and nicked it :(
Why would a Sinclair Spectrum have an AMStrad sticker inside? They were different companies.
My Mate Vince gaming channel??? Love the vid I remember mine and I'm currently repairing a 16k and upgrading too to 48k. Wish me luck
OMG!! That sound of the game loading gave me goosebumps! I had the 48K with rubberised keyboard and separate tape loader.
Don’t sell it to the Russians! They’ve been buying all my +2s, reckon it’s being used in ICBM… 🤣
Keep up the good work fella and stay safe!
@mymatevice if you love retro consoles, pc's or arcade games you should buy a mister fpga
Omg, you found the lost signed copy of the 128k spectrum, and that's Lord sugar to you. Lol! Still that model still sold better than Alan's flagship product the Amstrad videophone, so prestigious it still on his desk on apprentice. :p
I used to have a ZX80 & 81 till I upgraded to Spectrum +3 128k with a disc drive. I love the game technician ted & the chip factory & a few other.
I don't have any fond memories of computers back when I was young (back in the 70s and early 80s everything we had over here in the States was too expensive) but, yeah, I can imagine I would have been really geeking out with something like this. Instead, I was fixing lamps, then radios, then TVs that were all tossed in the garbage before I got to them.
I ha e a few of these now, including one I killed with dodgy soldering... (it's in my videos) The toastrack one is better, but I paid a lot to get services and recapped. that heatsink get damned hot though. The +2A has the best keyboard. but they screwed up the ROM so it's touchy with older games...
Really good memories of my 48k with rubber keyboard playing Manic Miner against my brother
I have a 48k spectrum with the rubber keys. Would it work plugged in to a monitor like yours? What connection cables would I need. would?
Hi Vince, been watching you’re channel and subbed, can’t believe how many things you’re able to fix!!
Odd one here I have a PlayStation 2 train controller that is isn’t responding.
I’ve gone online and seen some info but I’m unable to fault find this myself 😞
Is this something you might be interested in?
My Mum had the 48k and got me into gaming, my first one was this the 128k. So many hours playing Dizzy, Atic Atac & JetPac.
Were these model +2s made in the UK as the early models were? Did you know that Retro Games will soon release a modern ZX Spectrum replica later this year?
Ahh I miss my 48k ( rubber key ) that was an amazing memory of the lined screen with the noise , also what was the game called where there was ladders and a car build it was so much fun ( now I’m thinking about buying a 48k 🤦♂️ haha
Ohhh how I miss my old 48k and 128k speccys. Well done vince.
I just got one and i have the same problems with the tape loader and a key or two not responding very well. I actually managed to get the tape loader to work ok, but maybe it need some lubrication or something to work better...
Brilliant Brought back a lot of memories for me thanks ,I had The 48K and the 128K. version of the spectrum. I remember loading the game & it used to crash right at the end.
Oh really nice fixing there! Didn’t know you can buy assortments of springs! 😂
Recently got rid of my retro collection including 3 48K, 3 Spectrum+, +2 and a +2a but I did keep my ZX Spectrum Next. I ain't selling that beauty.
Brought back some happy memories mate all started with the zx81 then zx spectrum with the rubber keys, had the external ram plus a thermal printer
Jet set willy was my favourite 😊
Nice one mate 👍
Ps love your videos
And now to go outside and play backyard cricket while Test Drive takes 20 minutes to load the next stage. ;)
Isn't human brain wonderfull ? I'm always surprised how playing a game again more than 30 yrs later instantly comes back just as if I last played the day before.
Great game play!!! Try BIGFOOT on Steam. Love to see you fix bigfoot. Lol
Great video, used to spend hours playing ZX Spectrum games back in the day, Bruce Lee, is a good game.
The tape inside is likely assembly tape used on the assembly line to keep it all in place where the lady with the zzz zzz gun would whizz in the screws, nearly all the Spectrum plus and my Amstrad CPC's had that tape in from new and the tape on yours looks about as old as the machine is. BTW got a cracking watch vid coming, 1980's Pulsar solar, absolutely immaculate with its original box, all papers and manuals and this was the watch that kickstarted Seiko in marrying a quality Seiko quartz movement with a solar panel and capacitor defining the modern "eco-drive" watches of today. Just waiting on the new capacitor cell to arrive as the original one holds about 2 secs of power.
I had rubber key version spectrum 48k interface plugged into back for joystick and I played spy Hunter & international karate was my favourite
M key, instead of space, as it was made for the original speccy 48k, which had a small space bar key right over on the left of the keyboard!
Great video.i had a chuckle when u said that the sticky tape might be original ,I know late 80's ,early nineties standards could be low but surely they wouldn't use sticky tape like that lol
For the broken screwposts i usually use 2 component epoxy adhesive, it is usually stronger than superglue. I used it on an Samsung QVO 1tb SSD, it had a broken plastic support, the one under the sata pins, the SSD is currently in my laptop.
Well done buddy. I would of been so dissapointed if you hadnt loaded up and played bruce lee!!!! Ah the days of waiting for the tapes to load only to come back 10 mins later to find an error and have to do it all again.....after rewinding hahaha
I have got a ZX Spectrum +3 floppy disk light gun instruction manuals that has never been out of the box and i,m bit scared to plug it in
I had Bruce Lee for the C64 back in the 80s and if I left it plugged in I think it would still be loading.
As an owner myself I'd image the keyboard was punched out of frustration rather than being stood on!
Great vid Vince, it brought back so many happy memories of those long wait to load days.
Instead of q bond try using epoxy, it does miracles with repairing posts like that.
Hey @Vince how about getting a ZX81 to work on. That would be class.
*LOL You are a Trip!* Another Life SAVED _and_ History Continues.
I remember it well & that I still have my zx spectrum with power pack & light gun the sound I remember as well but hated it & being a kid waaaayyyy back then the time it took to load games
I had a +2 and the audio chip on the tape deck stopped passing the sound through. Wouldn't read or record anything so I added external audio ports.
OMG feeling old now I had the zx spectrum that was just a keyboard and nothing else it took hours as a kid to type out all the command lines just to get a flashing word lol. All the kids now will be laughing at how slow the old computers were and that noise unmissable you used to get it down the phone line when you rang some-one who was on there computer so you needed to ring them back after they were done lol
Aw the sound ,the screen loading stripes which could trigger a seizure. Memories love it . Great vid vince
Hey Vince, please do How to Setup the Xbox Series X/S for Beginners.
Superglue will fail.
Either go with plastic welding with acetone or use epoxy.
I think you put the old small belt in the bag of new ones.... That will cause a problem in the future...
I used to love my Spectrum. I had all the Dizzy games, they were my favourite.
use super glue and baking soda so it will be much more solid than spray. It even can hold stress after gluing this way
I had one of those in my teenage years,absolutely loved it ! 😊
one can always build up some more material with some "baking powder" around the posts.
That Q Bond product seems really similar to the baking soda and superglue trick
If you were to just pile the super glue around the base and drop a little baking soda, it will be a very solid repair, woulda worked instead of qbond.