The AY-8912 chip is a thing of beauty and is featured in many arcade and pinball pieces of hardware from the same era. Later on in my spectrum days is did manage to get myself a +2A and +3, and even though i couldn't love them like the 'proper' Sinclair made versions i did love the 128k music and games. Having spent many years with a 48k model and having pictures of the original Sinclair designed 128k machine on my bedroom wall, the 128k model had to be the one to remake and hopefully improve. The thought of being able to redesign and make my own computer that could load and play games, connect up to modern TVs and be still affordable to buy or self build for the hobbits was my goal. However with my lifetime of 8-bit pinball hardware repair knowledge always expanding and with me developing my own range of replacement cpu and sound board hardware for various pinball systems over the last few years the thought reappeared in my mind and now didn't feel to far away :) Every since i first got a rubber keyed 48k, i always thought one day i'll make my own, never really thinking that it would be possible. It's what led me into a world of software and hardware design. THE AWESOME -BLACK- HARLEQUIN 128K REV 2D DIY KIT The Harlequin rev 2D is a completely compatible ZX Spectrum clone, but without the ULA. 128K RAM - AY-8912 sound chip - RGB and Composite output. An integral tape recorder was fitted to the right hand side of the machine for loading the games and a proper plastic keyboard made it feel like a real. The ZX Spectrum was my favourite thing in the whole world when i was 8. PCB is the same size as previous version of Superfo Harlequin, can be fit in 48K or 48K+ case. The ZX Spectrum 128k followed on from the rubber-keyed Spectrum 48k model and sported an impressive 128k of RAM which let you play much more advanced games that the 48k simply couldn't handle.
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