Can you smell burning toast? ZX Spectrum 128 Part Two and I wasn't happy!

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Part two of our ZX Spectrum 128 series and this one was a wake up call to getting complacent!
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Комментарии : 45

@GianmarioScotti 24 дня назад

I respect videographers that report failures more than the ones who only show successes.

@richardblake8275 22 дня назад

Especially when the error leads to actual damage!

@GianmarioScotti 18 дней назад

@@richardblake8275 good point

@SmerosMichael 3 дня назад

I loved your video! ZX Spectrum 48K + was my first computer. So it was why I entered this magical world of computers! I admire your knowledge of these machines. I wish I knew to do that. I almost felt that you loved its hardware and brought it back to life in such a way! Fantastic! :)

@JxH 24 дня назад

"Can you smell burning toast?" Are you having a stroke ? ;-) !!

@tmilker 24 дня назад

Came here to ask that! 🤣

@KAPTKipper 12 дней назад

It's amazing to me how that Heritage TV Spot on the CBC about brain surgery (epilepsy, not a stroke) has spread ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pUOG2g4hj8s.html

@baltasarq 24 дня назад

My childhood computer. Will turn 40 years in 2025 (mine was the Spanish). Great video!

@Colin_Ames 23 дня назад

Always entertaining. I have mixed feelings about doing a wholesale recap of old electronics. One part of me says replace because the caps are old, another part says don’t screw with something that’s working.

@markwrightrf 24 дня назад

Your theme tune (Sorry, Adrian) is on a loop when I go to bed. It's soothing, jazz-funky and helps me get to sleep. EDIT: I should add that it's never the content that makes me feel sleepy.. Investronica.. siesta.. toast rack... AY zzzz.. woken up now for innuendo watch between you and Mark Fixes Stuff 🙂

@williamsteele 24 дня назад

Not many know the hippopotamus oath! I love it.

@SiaVids 24 дня назад

Recapping just for the sake of it can cause more problems than it fixes. If it 'aint broke, don't fix it.

@Inverse_Midas 22 дня назад

Have to agree. I would perform if possible, a close visual check on the caps for leakage. If there is none, or zero signs of swelling, I’m leaving it. Particularly if it’s working!

@Ginga7r 15 дней назад

Great shot mate, I have a +2 and just got a hold of a Currah microspeach to play about with.

@chrisbow1776 21 день назад

For some odd reason I feelt slightly depressed when watching the section where you clean and put back together, because the 80s game music playing in the background reminds me of a much simpler time when hearing such music meant fun.

@pebbleschan6085 24 дня назад

What’s the point of using an eraser on the edge connector then to rub greasy mitts on it. 😂

@velutumbra 20 дней назад

80's tech: "Dirty... I'll wash it in the sink." 20xx tech: "Does not work... I might be holding it wrong or maybe my breath was too moist."

@Salfordian 24 дня назад

I had one of these from new because I was told the graphics and sound were better on the 128, yes I didn't have it long

@MattyEngland 20 дней назад

My friends house burnt down from a spectrum 48k that overheated back in the early 1990s.

@talideon 24 дня назад

"Burning toast"? I mean, with 128, that's not quite nominative determinism, but it's not far off!

@X22GJP 24 дня назад

I’m not videographist, they all deserve the same level of respect.

@T.E.S.S. 20 дней назад

have you ever worked in radio? because you've got one of the all time great radio voices.

@OscarSommerbo 23 дня назад

Was it just me that cringed at the reassembly when using a powered screwdriver without backing out the screws as to avoid cutting new threads in the 40-year-old plastic? I spotted at least once screw crossthreading/cutting new threads.

@Flashy7 22 дня назад

Same. I am not that type who thinks that things can only be done only one specific way, but since these battery powered screwdrivers appeared, everybody uses them like it was the world's largest problem to screw in a few screws by hand - especially into our beloved old and fragile computer cases...

@magicknight8412 24 дня назад

These are always so satisfying! Esp a new keyboard membrane

@Breakfast_of_Champions 24 дня назад

Does the new voltage chopper maybe require an extra cap?

@HisVirusness 24 дня назад

I gotta say, your new intro and logo has grown on me.

@giulianomarco 24 дня назад

But... I toast, therefore I am! 🍞😋👍

@pebbleschan6085 24 дня назад

Invest in an ESD dissipative mat.

@discopot 22 дня назад

Oh yeah pop that cap

@spoon1272 23 дня назад

What is the music from, when you are cleaning the parts? 8:04 I recognise it from somewhere but I can't put my finger on it. Nice vid mate.

@charlesdorval394 22 дня назад

Same, took me ages... Sayaka's Digital Attic ;)

@spoon1272 22 дня назад

@@charlesdorval394 I think she has just used it from somewhere. I think it may be an old game.

@GianmarioScotti 24 дня назад

That said, I don't believe in compulsive recapping.

@retrorobodog 18 дней назад

:D cool

@blitzerblazinoah6838 24 дня назад

Z80 CPU have only just been discontinued.

@domramsey 24 дня назад

Recapping & modifying vintage computers that don't need it is getting to be a pet hate.

@medes5597 22 дня назад

I actually agree but I'd probably recap a sinclair toast rack 128 as a matter of course if one came to me for repair (unlikely these days as I don't do that anymore), they have a tendency to be unreliable. Not in every case but definitely more than enough for me to just say "f*ck it, ill do the whole thing" to save myself a headache later.

@kelvin1316 24 дня назад

I genuinely don't understand why these is this fascination with replacing linear regulators with switchmode ones. You can end up with noise on the board from the switching and the power saving is pointless, you aren't going to be running this machine more than a few hours here and there. It isn't going to be on constantly. Why replace when the OG works well.

@OscarSommerbo 23 дня назад

Or at least supplement the switching supply with a beefy cap to at least lessen the high frequency noise.