This is my third Spectrum project. I have as well one ZX Zpectrum 128K Toastrack (ny parents bought it for me back in the 80s) and one ZX Spectrum 128K +2 (both unmodified)
This time I'm going to restore am Spectrum with rubber keys I got one on eBay untested.. condition wasn't that bad
The motherboard is a 16K Issue-Two variant from 1982.
The good thing is that there are sockets to upgrade to 48K. The motherboard looks in pretty good condition, but I'm not going to use it for my project (more in the next posts)
The first thing is to refurb the keyboard.
To open the keyboard, one needs to removed the black aluminum top plate, that is glued to the case. The plate was in really good condition, but had some small dents, someone tried to removed it by using an screwdriver (ugg).
I went to the bathroom and took my professional glue remover (aka hair drier), and with a little bit of patience removed the plate.
The rubber keyboard was in a very good condition, so I'm going to keep it. I could possibly keep the plate and the membrane they looked quite good, but I got a replacement plate and a new membrane
I cleaned the plastic case with warm water and soap, and used Vinylex to give the final touch.
Then mounted the new membrane, the new plate and the cleaned rubber keys.
I think it looks quite good, the one I got was in good shape, but now is perfect:
(To be continued...)
This time I'm going to restore am Spectrum with rubber keys I got one on eBay untested.. condition wasn't that bad
The motherboard is a 16K Issue-Two variant from 1982.
The good thing is that there are sockets to upgrade to 48K. The motherboard looks in pretty good condition, but I'm not going to use it for my project (more in the next posts)
The first thing is to refurb the keyboard.
To open the keyboard, one needs to removed the black aluminum top plate, that is glued to the case. The plate was in really good condition, but had some small dents, someone tried to removed it by using an screwdriver (ugg).
I went to the bathroom and took my professional glue remover (aka hair drier), and with a little bit of patience removed the plate.
The rubber keyboard was in a very good condition, so I'm going to keep it. I could possibly keep the plate and the membrane they looked quite good, but I got a replacement plate and a new membrane
I cleaned the plastic case with warm water and soap, and used Vinylex to give the final touch.
Then mounted the new membrane, the new plate and the cleaned rubber keys.
I think it looks quite good, the one I got was in good shape, but now is perfect:
(To be continued...)
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