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What I'm going to miss the most is your sexy soldering closeups.

I have 2 grey 128k spectrums, I repaired 1 of them and socketed all the ram, I was on a roll I thought, as it was rather successful, so I decided to do the same to the other spectrum right away, what an absolute disaster! Pads flaking off like fish scales! Them speccy boards vary very widely in quality, and it appears that the later revisions are made cheaper than the earlier ones. It's still yet to be fixed, but it is something I will leave until I can muster up the courage and patience... Thank you Mark for another spectaculator spectrum repair video, that is how I found your channel many years ago, I hope you repair another one day!

A very nice video many thanks. I use a old cat 5E cable nice and small once you take it apart.

I understand your reasons for stepping back, but you could always consider going a bit more lo-fi. If you switch over to doing stuff live you would not need to spend a lot of time editing. Naturally the whole thing would not have the same polish but if it's either that or nothing I'm sure most would prefer it.

Its a shame you're winding down mate, really enjoy your videos and cheeky innuendo :)

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I will be missing your stuff :( I am sorry that I couldnt help via Patreon

Thanks Mark for the vid

I heard that Manic Miner tune and it transported me back to WH Smiths in the 80s when we would all hang around in there playing on the computers lol We'd usually been booted out of Alders, Laskys and Boots by then.

Aw, Retro Computer Shack RGB-cable... Warms my heart, that one. Such quality stuff. My +2 (and me) approves! All the best to you too, Mark! Been enjoying your videos for a long time and hopefully we can still enjoy a video (or two), now and then...

Thanks Mark! Best wishes to you and your family! We hope to see you around.

I live in the US. So from the great state of Tennessee I love watching your work.

You are too good at these videos to be gone for long. Enjoy your break :)

Took me 3 years to fix an Electron, thought it had a bad ULA, turned out to be the ROM. Sometimes these things just take time. I had similar damage on a 48K Spectrum, so I can relate to what happened here. Good stuff.

Thanks!

Thank you for this video Mark!

I've been looking forward to this, Thanks mark :)

Thank you Mark for all the wonderful and informative videos.

Well done Mark. One more amazing ZX Spectrum ready to be loved and played

As I always say, mass capacitor changes often cause more problems than they cure. I've got 100's of arcade bards and quite a few computers from that same era and very few have had to have any capacitors changed for reliable operation.

Thank you Mark for everything.

All the best from Florida good sir

Nice video! I struggle with a Spectrum +2 with black screen right now. Hope to see more videos in the future despite you are doing some changes in your life priorities!

Nice work on a nice machine with a nice backstory. Hopefully this machine has a nice long life ahead for your friend, if nothing else for the sake of him not having to wait for you to get around to repairing it again! 🤣

Thank you again Mark. Yes we are very forgiving, and encouraging. And always want you to succeed and produce more entertaining and informative videos. In fact it is our privilege to support you. We are not worthy.

I hope to see some surprise Mark cameos at the RMC to help Neil spice up the place a bit on occasion (as if Stroud needs spicing up)

Bedankt

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Whats with the giant black arrow obscuring the missing trace under the microscope?

You got me worried at 'Final Video', especially after your last video. Good to know you're still going to be probing your unit or plugging into back port for a good while yet.

Nice to see you're still cranking up videos, I love your content and delivery. To be honest, your last video got me a bit worried but here you are, brightening up my Saturday :)

Holy crap i'm first :) G'day Mark!

The key caps go inside the plungers. Notice the cracks, they make the plungers open up and loose. You need square reinforcements to keep the plungers tight.

I've fed the algorithm by inserting my co...in, and am pressing the continue button

This really helped! the DC is much quieter than before :) Thank you!

retro tech edging, the new RUclips phenomenon!

i just brought an A600 Chip RAM Expansion from amigakit put it in and nothing WTF any idea's why ??

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No worries mate, been there got the T-shirt... things will get better - stay strong and think of your family x

What kind of fuse is that?

Very nice demonstration.

Wrong fuse in the original plug

I will continue to watch your content wherever the location mate. It’s sometimes good to hear others talk of financial struggles, as like myself our mortgage will be going up massively in a few months which basically means we have little spending money. We are lucky in that we have enough for a decent life and to keep a roof over our head but much more increases in costs and it would be a problem. I think people watch you not just expensive projects mark. Maybe not having commercial sponsors is a blessing!

Probably will good for small silicon mold degasing.

Amk. Once done, always done. No reversing.

Mark. I can see how emotional this has been for you to make. Please don't take this as any kind of personal criticism but for me - the double entendres as you mention, caused me to stop your videos. I don't doubt you have vast expertise in repairing vintage computers/consoles/tings, but you are competing against others in that space Before the C19 word, you said you had a different career/job - how is that progressing these days? I notice behind you, you have an abundance of valuable computing - do you not sell any on? All that and more, I wish you well.

Should have watched that before ordering xD

A tough decision and very familiar sounding circumstances (other than me not making videos). Best of luck!

Hope things pick up for you over time. You have had some rough things to deal with, when you had that fire i nearly cried. what a disaster. Good luck, ill stay subscribed and keep watching

Why wasting time and energy? In such a case, I inserted the Crippled IC in a round pins socket and soldered all it's legs. And that's all!