Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

Yep, I did design one, but it's a custom job for the non-video Wespi PCB I drafted. It's the black and yellow box with the wires coming out of it at the top right, under above the TS-1000 badge. The PCB is a work-in-progress, a winter-time project that I'll likely dust off again come October... http...

If your looking for a smaller board that does work - you can use this one https://a.co/d/7Lj2OZw I don’t think it has all the pins accessible for the LCD version of the WESPI - but it can definitely handle the minimal wespi (hooking up to SVP,IO22,VCC,GND pins) - I’ve done two zx81s with these alre...

Ah, interesting. I'll have to test for that once I get some sort of tape playback device.

Nice looking wiring! Very neat job.

--Brad

Very nice! Are you going to add an on/off switch to disable it for tape loading? Thanks! And I thought it automagically allowed for direct tape loading... page one of this thread says '.. It senses when a jack is connected for comms with a real tape recorder/maxduino/tzxduino and will not trigger' ...

mikeh_nz wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 2:20 amI love it!!

Thank you! I'm having fun with this design

Spinnetti wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 1:40 amNicely done!

Thanks! Still working off the rough edges -- literally, the last batch of PCBs were 1mm too long for the case. Filed them down to fit. Now to redesign the case to allow for that.

Hi everyone, thought I'd jump on the ZX-Wespi PCB bandwagon so designed a board for the non-vga MI version. I have a Timex Sinclair 1000 and have decided to mount the Wespi externally. Mostly as the TS1000 has that aluminum spray RF shielding inside the case. Probably not a huge factor but why put s...

Thanks for the warm welcome. And yep, I'll post updates as I continue my upgrades

--Brad

'morning all, long time retro-computing fan here, first time posting here :) Thanks for letting me in! Background: always interested in tech. It was new in the '70s-'80s so I was into it then. Now it's 'retro' and I'm still into it. Then there was a long gap, but now I've rediscovered my Timex Sincl...