I'm all for that. I've done the same and have fitted an external ROM CS too so that I can use a slightly modded version of the excellent ZXPand from SirMorrisMoggy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:27 pmNice to know we agree on something Mark!1024MAK wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:53 am I can’t disagree with Moggy. Whether you just attack the existing modulator board from the top (with electricians wire cutters and other suitable tools) or desolder it and attack the existing board from below, is up to you...
The last one where I did it properly, was a ZX80. That got some new electrolytic capacitors on the board and a ZX8-CCB fitted in the modulator. I can’t find the photos I took of it at the moment. But this was work done for a customer.
Mark
Seriously though I always gut the modulator and to be honest the hardest part I find is removing the metal divider without distorting the Modulator box.
I too have converted my ZX80 this way C/W wiring from the video board to an external jumper for inverse display and fitted a switching regulator!!!
At this point Moggy applies for police protection as gangs of serious collectors try and burn him at the stake for committing sacrilege against a Sinclair classic.
https://sinclairzxworld.com/viewtopic.p ... 615#p38615
I love retro machines but my view is that they exist to be used, and a little improvement here and there only increases the chances that they will continue to be enjoyed. I draw the line at extreme modding, or heavy-handed hackery, so usually build a repro for that purpose.
