Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128k +3 – Refurbished, with PSU, manual and polys

Description

This is a nice 128k +3 ZX Spectrum that has been well cared for, but just needed repairing and a little TLC to bring it back to its former glory.

Work carried out on the motherboard:

• All electrolytic capacitors replaced on the motherboard with new, good quality aluminium types.
• Audio distortion modifications applied
• PCB cleaned
• All cases cleaned, inside and out
• Keyboard disassembled and cleaned.

Work carried out on the floppy drive:

• Drive disassembled and all electrolytic capacitors were changed for new, good quality aluminium types
• Old drive belt had disintegrated. Removed the sticky residue left behind and fitted a brand-new belt
• Drive mechanisms all cleaned and lubricated
• Drive RPM tested to be in spec.
• Drive tested formatting and loading/saving from 4 different floppy disks.

The power supply has been refurbished.  All electrolytic capacitors have been changed and the main regulator and fuse replaced on the +5v side.  The supply has been tested for 2 hours and is nice and stable.

We’ve tested the machine with diagnostics ROMs for 2 hours.  We’ve also tested the machine with a combination of 48k and 128k games and demos for a couple of hours and it works flawlessly.

This is a nice 128k +3 ZX Spectrum that comes with the original polys (some damage, please see pics), a refurbished PSU and the +3 manual!