Tag Archives: DIY

Suffering with Backplane

Excuse the awful pun but I wanted to post about one of my recent projects. Back when I used to buy the great Spectrum magazines like Your Spectrum and Crash, I read an article about adding peripherals to the rear … Continue reading

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DIY Microdrive Cable

Recently, since I’ve been using my ZX Microdrives again, I have found that the cable connecting the Microdrive pair to my Sinclair Interface One has become a little unreliable. I have seen second hand cables for sale but I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Microdrive ‘n’ Through

Having purchased and fitted the excellent vDrive ZX to an old Microdrive case, I now had the question of how to connect my working Microdrive to the vDrive. I’d bought the Microdrives separately and neither came with a through connector. … Continue reading

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