Time to go back in time again - ZX80 replica build

[rubber_jonnie]

Not quite finished, but very close :)

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Hoping the remaining parts will arrive pretty soon.

[HigashiJun]

Looks good.

Well done !

:bravo:

[rubber_jonnie]

Looks good.

Well done !

:bravo:

Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with it, all it has to do now is work :)

[HigashiJun]

Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with it, all it has to do now is work :)

I guess it will...

[rubber_jonnie]

Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with it, all it has to do now is work :)

I guess it will...

After all the fun and games building and troubleshooting the OSI 600 & 610, any troubleshooting for this should be easy as pie :)

[JezC]

I guess it will...

After all the fun and games building and troubleshooting the OSI 600 & 610, any troubleshooting for this should be easy as pie :)

Talk about tempting fate....

[rubber_jonnie]

After all the fun and games building and troubleshooting the OSI 600 & 610, any troubleshooting for this should be easy as pie :)

Talk about tempting fate....

:lol:

What would my posts be like without a bit of adventure 😁

[rubber_jonnie]

OK, ROM is burned and installed:

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The two 'hanging' legs connected to the mainboard are what's required to use a 2732 in place of an 8332/2532/mask ROM due to slight differences in pinout.

This information can be found on Grant Searle's pages here: Grant Searle and here for the ZX80 specific pages: Grant Searle - ZX80

[HigashiJun]

I'm really impatient to see the end of this nice project !

8-)

[rubber_jonnie]

I'm really impatient to see the end of this nice project !

8-)

Me too but no post at all this week :(