#zxspectrum #retrogaming #repair It's time for an Untested Ebay special and this time I have a ZX Spectrum plus 3 to look at. It came with nothing so just the board and I had to bodge together a power supply for the 5v and 12v, it also needs -12v for the rs232, but I am not interested in that at this time.

I also look at fitting a Gotek to the internal and external ports of the plus 3 and I really did go the long way around on this one. If you're interested I recommend this guide http://tomdalby.com/other/gotek.html

Internal Gotek Adapter https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165579814482?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=IohNxfftRcq&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=yBGfqUG9Ti6&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

26 way IDC https://amzn.to/3GJirUc

26 way IDC solder header for the board https://amzn.to/3GCWvtK

Cheap Gotek https://amzn.to/3H8CUTz

Spectrum plus 3 RGB lead from Retro computer shack https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260830045368?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=47HsXjQYSm6&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=yBGfqUG9Ti6&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Music is by Sophie Rose https://sophie-rose.bandcamp.com/album/synthetic-dreams-album

00:00 Intro 01:57 checking for shorts on power rails 03:33 bodge 5V & 12V PSU 05:22 first power on 06:53 Diagnostic rom 07:57 Reflowing the Gate Array 09:31 Will it work ? 11:00 Cleaning the keyboard connectors 12:53 running the full 128k diagnostics 15:05 I couldn't get a Gotek working 18:03 what I should have done from the beginning 21:00 Finally I can test some software 23:20 Final words