I built a ZX Spectrum Using All New Parts
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This video is kindly sponsored by https://www.pcbway.com/ Purveyors of printed circuit boards, CNC machining, 3D printing and more. In this video I assemble a brand new ZX Spectrum from 100% new parts. Join in the conversation at the Retro Hardware Discord server: https://discord.gg/aBNW99FfWg Links: Lee Smith's Workshop: https://leesmithsworkshop.co.uk/ ByteDelight Harlequin Kits: https://www.bytedelight.com/?product_cat=harlequin128 Retroleum SMART Card: https://www.retroleum.co.uk/smart-card YouTube Friends: Special thanks to @MoreFunMakingIt for sending the Toastrack ROM over to me, I will cherish his blue painters tape. Thanks to @leesmithsworkshop for creating the Mechtrum and making my birthday this year by agreeing to print me one in Lime Green. Thanks to @ByteDelight for compiling the Harlequin kit, and furnishing me with Stroopwaffels (excellent dunkers by the way). Music: Music by Kevin MacLeod: "Groove Grove" "How It Begins" "AhDah" "Deliberate Thought" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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