It was relatively cheap so I took a gamble on this Eaca EG-2000 Colour Genie Untested rare piece of retro history. Besides it was something very out of the ordinary. The EG-2000 was released back in 1982 the same year the Commodore 64 , Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Tangerine Oric-1 and Dragon 32 as well a […]
I came acrosee this project some time back but until now didn’t think I was qualified. In the last few months I acquired some extras for my little Elk such as a plus 3 interface and added a gotek. The plus 3 also houses a AP6 interface which is an amazing piece of kit allowing […]
I purchased this as spares repairs but after the seller graciously delivered it by hand and after a teardown and a cleanup it is back to life. Unfortunately my QL is currently in pieces receiving a minerva rom so a demo from a BBC micro will have to do. Something tells me it was from […]
While trying to get a Gotek working on this tired old beatup BBC model B, I realised why it wasn’t working. No DFS Rom was available on the boot screen. So I burned one and installed it in one of the spare slots but still no joy. I was wondering what was missing then remembered […]
This covers removal of the floppy drive and replacing it with a GOTEK USB drive. Additionally replacing the CMOS battery with a modern maintainable equivalent. Ensure you are wearing a antistatic wristband to prevent damage to the sensitive chips inside this machine. Unplug the machine from the mains. Turn the machine upside down and remove […]
Just need the Sinclair QL for the full set