Demo of Standard vs Upgraded ZX Spectrum

[therealaminor00]

Spec-tacular!

That's a really great case mod!

I've been think about doing something like this when the tiny Raspberry Pi boards become available.

You've beaten me to it and achieved far more than I could hope to do.

My daughter uses a PC/DS/Wii/PS3 etc but I wanted to introduce her to the joy of tinkering with a Speccy, learning a little bit of BASIC and playing some classic games from my youth but with a bit of modern context (mouse, GUI interface, high rez 3D graphics etc).

This hack s

[kilbycta102]

If you had tagged this as a beagleboard rehoused in a spectrum casing then it would have been mildly interesting.

But you didn't

I was hoping for something like one of the gfx accelerators + spectranet at least

[CoolDudeClem]

Gives me flashbacks to the good ol' days of tape loading noise, rubber keys and colour clash! As for the upgraded spectrum, why choose Debian? Go with Linux Mint, Zorin OS, or even better, Windows!

[RMPCTek]

AWSOME MOD!

[RobusFik]

At 1:26 you connect to the HDMI cable. At 2:08 you choise on the LG the DVI input ... It is just PC with simple linux. Sorry, but this not is ART !

[zummone]

kinda defeats the purpose but I don't think you can create the same architectured cpu from stratch

[Abrimaal]

Well, you have 2 systems controlled with one keyboard and mouse: Linux and ZX Spectrum 48. Have you thought that it does not support features from newer Spectrum models (128, Pentagon) - multichannel sound, disk drives, memory paging etc.

[skonkfactory]

@Abrimaal Sure it does; the emulators support those too.

[PeaceToAllEvenYou]

Aphex Twin = good choice :-)

Hats off to you for a job well done!

[johny8888888]

Jee, you've destroyed a Spectrum to put there this crap pc junk. Sorry but that's stupid.

[coolshit28]

Sorry not a ZX Spectrum lol. This is a pc.

[caitoattuks]

Let's be fair. This is a fine job. It looks like a ZX, runs ZX software and then some- a FINE upgrade :) To all the haters- just show us what YOU got :)

[RRRoman212]

круто ))) от спектрума там один только корпус ))))

[receptor1974]

@RRRoman212 и его эмулятор

Там линукс стоит

[TheCyberbedouin]

WAOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This thing BLOW me up!!!

Really good work.

I don't have problems with emulated ZX

and other EMU consoles,but

this is.......10+

[JohnEpi1973]

WHAT THE FUNK ????? WHOA !!!!!

[s0ftlight]

this is just a fake - pc inside zx shell + linux + fuse

[s0ftlight]

bullshit

[HellNight7]

Really like this, How much would it be for you to build me one?

[mig189189189]

Awesome video. Keep on with that good work!

[griftereck]

should have got a 9 pin joystick interface on it. Sinclair one should have been possible when wiring the keyboard

[HarryMatic]

I was thinking of doing this to my broken Speccy Plus.

[zedexbex]

This is fantastic. Have you thought about selling them if people supply you with a speccy first?? ( nudge nudge, hint hint )

You could make a few pennies out of it. :)

[ZXSpectrumUpgraded]

google "zx spectrum case mod" for some more info on it.

[flashvideofan]

This is not an upgraded ZX Spectrum - it is a PC which has been housed within the shell of what was previously a ZX Spectrum. In years to come when Spectrums are more valuable you may regret modding this one.

The interesting part of this project for me is how you managed to interface the Spectrum keyboard with the PC board.

Maybe you could post a link to if you have a website or reply here and explain how you managed to do this

[TamOwaR]

Cant say i'm a fan i like all thing original about the Speccy even the poor quality General midi sounds :)

[dnlhern2]

You sound Irish.

=3

[richardjuk]

*Scottish.

[bobamu]

I like that :D

[usbspyder]

cool, excellant packaging. how is the keyboard interface implemented?

[michaeljulia123]

Its just a pc in a spectrum case.

[ZXSpectrumUpgraded]

It runs a Beagle Board with 500MHZ ARM processor, 256M memory, 256M flash (for BIOS) and 8GB SDHC (class 6 - fast!) for Linux and files.

[amigajunkie]

How can this be an 'upgraded' ZX Spectrum? Their is no original Sinclair hardware hardware left in the machine, as you've stripped it out to fit in a Beagle Board? Alas, it is not a Sinclair Spectrum anymore, but an emulated one running under Linux. The only thing that is still original is the case. I find it far more interested those enthusiasts who are pushing the original hardware with new gadgets and gizmo's rather than a linux Beagle board, and no existing Sinclair hardware left within it!

[Labruskie]

It's still got a Issue 1&2 heatsink inside... Thats original Sinclair hardware...

[gibs2b]

What are de specs ?

[djkus]

amazing.. great work! sure jason from gadget show on ch5 would love to see this!

[zxspectrum128]

lol