Hi,
Looking to build a Harlequin, but in need of a case to put it in. Yes, I can buy new ones but I'd like to make it as authentic as possible, so I'm after an original Spectrum or Plus case. Anyone got anything off a scrap Speccy or similar?
Cheers
JD
Wanted - Spectrum or Spectrum Plus case
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Re: Wanted - Spectrum or Spectrum Plus case
I don't know if you've already found something yet, but this showed up on eBay just today.
£40 for what appears to be a working 48K plus, which - from the sounds of it - just needs a new keyboard membrane and a bit of a clean-up.
Not mine and not affilliated in any way.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145283816423 ... g&LH_BIN=1
I paid £30 for a (granted, cleaner) case, without a working speccy motherboard to house my own Harlequin 128k a few months ago; sticking one of those fake 3D-printed toastrack heat-sinks to it for that "authentic" 128K look.
TBF, those 3D printed toastracks look really good and use the existing screw-holes, so you're not drilling any new ones into an otherwise re-usable case.
£40 for what appears to be a working 48K plus, which - from the sounds of it - just needs a new keyboard membrane and a bit of a clean-up.
Not mine and not affilliated in any way.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145283816423 ... g&LH_BIN=1
I paid £30 for a (granted, cleaner) case, without a working speccy motherboard to house my own Harlequin 128k a few months ago; sticking one of those fake 3D-printed toastrack heat-sinks to it for that "authentic" 128K look.
TBF, those 3D printed toastracks look really good and use the existing screw-holes, so you're not drilling any new ones into an otherwise re-usable case.
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Re: Wanted - Spectrum or Spectrum Plus case
Cheers, I'll have a look...
JD
JD
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Re: Wanted - Spectrum or Spectrum Plus case
Cheers, I'll have a look...
...... and it's now mine. Cheers!
JD
...... and it's now mine. Cheers!
JD