ScuzzBlog: Diaries July 2018 Entry 12th July 2018: Post 01: Spectrum + Amazon Women Spectrum +2 +3 +Amazon Women Part I Back to the cataloguing of the store boxes and today I was up on the highest shelves struggling with some largish boxes. The two in question were for the ZX Spectrum +2 and +3. Heavy and generally to the one end as they both have this very heavy PSU brick inside. I know that the units inside are faulty and was reason for placing them in store in the first place. So I decided to take a look inside the boxes and see what was wrong with them ZX Spectrums +2 and +3 Heavy ZX Spectrum +2 and +3 boxes. First up the ZX Spectrum +2. That very heavy PSU +2 brick. There are two versions of the +2. This one with the larger PSU brick and of a darker black colour and the lighter grey version with the smaller power supply unit. This is a newer version. Different books for the two different models. One showing the large PSU. And the other showing the smaller. Very similar to the DDI-1 on the CPC. Similar to the one for the +3. The computer works just fine. Sadly the tape drive just doesn't work. So no Amazon Women.. Well not yet anyway. I obviously put the computer in store cus the tape drive wasn't working. Time to turn to the +3. Same as the +2 but with the 3" disk drive. The brick also says +3. And the book is different. Published in 1987. The computer again works no problem. But the disk drive is not working. I have had to mend absolutely each and every one of these drives on all my Amstrad machines and disk drives. I just had had enough to be honest. Guess I'll have a go at fixing.. but not now. On a working drive the light comes on. And CAT from +3 gives the disk contents. I have three of these units so not an issue having one that is broken. For now.

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