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Lardo Boffin wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 3:02 pm I appear to be back in business! I prefer to buy them in the warm weather as I have to work on them in an unheated garage…

Not tried the printer or tapes yet but everything else works ok.

Nice external keyboard.

A very nice issue one boxed and sold as working so will give it a go later.


Edit - works nicely.

Also has a ‘rare’ 622 ROM.

Ah so you're the one who was buying up all the ZX81's on Ebay and making it hard for me to get a decent one.

Ravenger wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 2:42 pm Ah so you're the one who was buying up all the ZX81's on Ebay and making it hard for me to get a decent one.

Sorry!

In my defence it was an auction and nobody else bid!

Lardo Boffin wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 2:57 pm Sorry!

In my defence it was an auction and nobody else bid!

You're lucky, every one I bid on had loads of other bidders. I eventually managed to get a fully refurbed one for a bit more than I wished to pay, but it's a lovely machine and I've been having great fun re-living the old days.

Ravenger wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 3:30 pm

Lardo Boffin wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 2:57 pm Sorry!

In my defence it was an auction and nobody else bid!

You're lucky, every one I bid on had loads of other bidders. I eventually managed to get a fully refurbed one for a bit more than I wished to pay, but it's a lovely machine and I've been having great fun re-living the old days.

Its going to end up as a fully refurbished one (16K internal RAM, new keyboard, caps, voltage regulator, ZX8-CCB) at some point. This takes a few hours and does cost a few pounds - typically just over £30 of parts plus the zeddy itself (and ebay taking just over 10% of the sale). More if there are missing feet or screws etc.
I don’t know about others but I rarely make much on refurbs. I do enjoy doing it though!

Its only really worth bidding on ones that finish in the middle of a week day.

Meanwhile back at one of Lardo's smaller ZX81 renovation plants....

Moggy wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 1:49 pm Meanwhile back at one of Lardo's smaller ZX81 renovation plants....

Mark

A toilet break?!!! Norma is fired!

OY Norma's my wife you mean sod!!