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TonyDuell · 29th Jun 2015, 9:49 pm

Next time I dig mine out I will see what version I have. I am sure that the CPU buses are not brought out on mine, I remember thinking that was rather silly. I never had the VDU(or any of the add-ons other than the cassette interface) though.

I may still have some bits of the metal dome upgrade around. Obvously it's not fitted to
the machine as I soldered all the switches in but I think I came across at least some of the buttons, domes, metal panel, etc when packing up for the house move. In which case I will have kept them.

The problem with needing the pull-down resistor was that it wasn't totally obvious what to do (not for a newbie anyway). A clear 'solder a 1k resistor between here and here' would have solved a lot of problems

Like you, I got one because it was all I could afford. Thinking back I wish I'd saved a little more and bought an Acorn System 1. Having used later Acorn Systems it is obvious they were much better designed machines.

29th Jun 2015, 9:49 pm	#6
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,224	Re: The Sinclair / Science of Cambridge MK14 Next time I dig mine out I will see what version I have. I am sure that the CPU buses are not brought out on mine, I remember thinking that was rather silly. I never had the VDU(or any of the add-ons other than the cassette interface) though. I may still have some bits of the metal dome upgrade around. Obvously it's not fitted to the machine as I soldered all the switches in but I think I came across at least some of the buttons, domes, metal panel, etc when packing up for the house move. In which case I will have kept them. The problem with needing the pull-down resistor was that it wasn't totally obvious what to do (not for a newbie anyway). A clear 'solder a 1k resistor between here and here' would have solved a lot of problems Like you, I got one because it was all I could afford. Thinking back I wish I'd saved a little more and bought an Acorn System 1. Having used later Acorn Systems it is obvious they were much better designed machines.