ScuzzBlog: Diaries December 2018 Entry 14th December 2018: Post 01: Spectrum 48 - Tales from the cupboard Spectrum 48 - Tales from the cupboard Today I moved the expedition from the wardrobe to the cupboard in the box room. This is a most tricky cupboard to access cus it has a high door above the desk and is without light. Anyhoo first thing to pop out was this Spectrum 48K all nicely boxed. I cannot recall whether I have ever checked her working so it was time to fire the Spectrum up and have a go. The computer was very well presented with generally all that you would normally expect from a boxed Spectrum. I wasn't at all surprised not to find manuals inside as I tend to remove them along with any disks/tapes etc before placing in storage. My concern as ever was the melting nature of wires and polystyrene. No great issues though I did place a separating tissue between the base wires and the manuals just in case. I tested the computer and whilst working was missing a few keys especially top left of the keyboard. Nothing much to do other than get a new membrane which I ordered straight away. So when it arrives I will try again and see if we can get the Spectrum 48K fully functioning and back on her feet again. [ See the blog just after the next to see what happened ] Be aware that having a large collection does involve a lot of checking boxed and stored kit to make sure it's OK. I try for the most part to cycle through this at least once a year. The frequency can be higher depending on the age of the kit. This box storage cupboard is for the low risk items that I rarely need to check so once a year would suffice. So more to come. Spectrum 48 - Tales from the cupboard See blog after the next to see what happened when the keyboard membrane arrived.

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Last updated 14th December 2018

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