Spectrum 128k Toastrack. Investigation and modification of this British computing icon.

This week we are looking at a Spectrum 128k toastrack that belongs to ‪@YawningAngelRetro‬. He asked if I could sort out a power issue and carry out a few mods so lets see what we can do.

The mods completed in this video are a composite mod with audio and colour bleeding fix. Audio level fix, a jail bar fix and we also fit a new regulator.

All components were purchased from https://www.retroleum.co.uk/

High quality spectrum schematics can be found at this link https://www.8bit-wiki.de/fileadmin/8b...

Youtube channels mentioned in this video:
Yawning Angel (Amiga AMOS tutorials) -    / @yawningangelretro  
Rose Tinted Spectrum (Vintage gaming shenanigans ) -    / @rosetintedspectrum  

CRG Links
CRG X (Twitter) -   / yt_crg  
CRG Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=13919007
CRG Discord -   / discord  

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:30 Letter
02:38 Opening up
04:47 Composite mod
15:03 Components
16:20 Colour bleeding mod
18:33 Jail bar mod
21:27 Audio level mod
22:29 Replacement regulator
26:43 Revisiting the jail bar mod
32:40 Testing and printer problems
34:34 Tape tester
36:35 Dizzy