Jul 28, 2018
It's taken me thirty years to finally get this one!
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It's taken me thirty years to finally get this one!
Sorry Zipbrik, it might be time to break you down and make something else...
Be there!
Greetings from the new Speccyholic nerve centre!
Happy 35th Birthday ZX Spectrum!
The Speccy is 35 years old! Celebrate in style by:- Buying a brand new Speccy game from Cronosoft. Backing the ZX Spectrum Next on Kickstarter! Marching into a petrol station and demanding a game for £1.99, then choosing it based solely on what the cover looks like. Firing up the horizons tape (and not just to play The Wall). Listening to The Spectrum Works by Allister Brimble. Making a giant Lenslok so you can play Elite and Tomahawk on your 55" 4K television. Shaking hands with a Commodore 64 owner and telling them that all is forgiven. Adopting a 'for parts or not working' Speccy, fix it and give it a makeover at ZX Renew. Giving Codemasters a ring and ask them why they aren't writing 'actual PS4 screenshots' on their game cases. Baking a Spectrum Cake!
What happens when Lego meets Speccy?
Give your ZX Spectrum a makeover!
If your original rubber-keyed ZX Spectrum is looking a bit tatty then don’t despair. Thanks to an enterprising team, it is now possible to get replacement faceplates and rubber keyboard mats from ZX Renew.
But that’s not all.
Not only have they succeeded in producing replacements, but also they are offering both products in a surprising range of colours. There’s even talk of a luminous keyboard mat for playing in the dark.
The quality of the products is frankly quite astonishing - it just goes to show what can be done with perseverance. From following their development on Facebook group Spectrum4Ever, I’m aware that they have gone through a careful quality control process and ironed out early issues.
On the rear of the products we can see how they have been clearly marked to distinguish them from originals - again a hot topic which was well considered with feedback from the community.
I haven’t yet found the time to fit them on one of my machines (I certainly don’t want to do a bad rush job) but you can see a fully fitted Speccy at:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9cgCAZti98
There was plenty of packaging and even some 3M tape so that it’s possible to do a near replacement job.
I’ll update this when I’ve done the full refit. Can’t wait!
Introducing. .. The Zipbrik!