Old-style through-hole PCB with glass capacitor. For pre-SMT / surface mount electronics production. This is on an old 1982 Sinclair ZX Spectrum pcb.
Image details
Contributor:
Marcus Harrison - technology / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2K4FFJ6File size:
68.7 MB (2.4 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
6000 x 4000 px | 50.8 x 33.9 cm | 20 x 13.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 September 2022Location:
ukMore information:
I have put as Editorial Only since someone may recognize the components &/or circuit layout. I had thought these were diodes, but looking at the PCB shows the components marked with a 'c' which makes them capacitors. - This is a vintage (in some eyes antique) Series 2 Sinclair ZX Spectrum from 1982. The 8-bit home computer inspired a generation of British programmers and computing enthusiasts, and became Britain's best-selling home computer at one stage as the public dipped their toes into a whole new world of technology. This computer, & subsequent Sinclair models, the BBC / Acorn, and Amstrad's home computers created a generation of clever and creative British computer programmers who tried to squeeze the most out of the Spectrum's limitations. Even in a world of 64-bit computing there is a whole sub-culture of modern tekkies who tinker and play around with the Spectrum for fun. Nearly 40 years old the Spectrum circuit components pictured have blemishes from the manufacturing process.