Zx Spectrum +2 128K black/grey screen. First use in 25 years!
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:41 pm
Good morning. I was a keen Spectrum gamer back in the 1980s, but I am afraid that my Spectrum +2 has been sitting in the loft, boxed up since the early 1990s!
I was just wondering if there are any simple things that I could do. This is what I get so far:
My lad is very excited about seeing this work again and it would be fun to try to do this for him.
Thanks very much.
Neil.
I was just wondering if there are any simple things that I could do. This is what I get so far:
- Tuned an old television into the signal and I get a black/grey screen.
The power light is on, the tape player works - if I play a tape you get the wonderful sound of data!
Pressing the reset button does very little.
When I removed the power cable, I noticed that as you push it in partially, you sometimes see a black sharp rectangle with a white background before the cable is seated properly.
I have removed the back carefully and blown out the dust etc. although it was pretty clean.
My lad is very excited about seeing this work again and it would be fun to try to do this for him.
Thanks very much.
Neil.