Issue 4B Spectrum with dot crawl in black and white

Lardo Boffin
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Re: Issue 4B Spectrum with dot crawl in black and white

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Thanks Mark. I had seen these on eBay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20x-Monolith ... %7Ciid%3A1

Would they be suitable? Hoping yes but they only cost a couple of quid so no worries if not. :D

I can’t see any posting dates on spectrum for everyone. I could ask Adam.
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Re: Issue 4B Spectrum with dot crawl in black and white

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They look fine.

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Re: Issue 4B Spectrum with dot crawl in black and white

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:D
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TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
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Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
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Re: Issue 4B Spectrum with dot crawl in black and white

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Fitted the new caps and it certainly reduced the jail bars. It made little difference to the stability of the black however.
I tried another identical ULA from a work in progress Spectrum (a 4S) and it made no difference. I also put back the original Z80 (that I removed to make the DIVMMC work) and that made no difference.
There are no obvious signs of a lower RAM chip having been replaced.
I’m using a modern PSU.
The stability is a lot better on other tellies but still not as good as my other Spectrums.
I guess its possible its always been like this but with the RF quality it was never obvious.
Looks like I will be keeping this one!
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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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