About to take ownership of a ZX81
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:32 pm
Hi.
Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this question. I'm about to buy a ZX81. The current owner has had it from new and he says its been stored in its box since the 80's and he's not attempted to turn it on since then. It's Poly boxed with a boxed 16k ram pack.
This, i'm happy about, but my question is what kind of tests can I perform on the ZX81 before i attempt to turn it on. I will do a re-cap first also.
I saw the excellent video by JoulsperCoulomb which goes through a series of tests for the Spectrum, and would like to be able to do something similar on the ZX81.
Thanks
Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this question. I'm about to buy a ZX81. The current owner has had it from new and he says its been stored in its box since the 80's and he's not attempted to turn it on since then. It's Poly boxed with a boxed 16k ram pack.
This, i'm happy about, but my question is what kind of tests can I perform on the ZX81 before i attempt to turn it on. I will do a re-cap first also.
I saw the excellent video by JoulsperCoulomb which goes through a series of tests for the Spectrum, and would like to be able to do something similar on the ZX81.
Thanks