A Slight Switcheroo

Just a heads up – as the retro store has become my main focus of late, I’ve decided to make its front page the default landing zone for traffic to my retroleum.co.uk domain. However, this blog will not be disappearing (it can be directly accessed at blog.retroleum.co.uk) and the links etc should continue to work. The store will also soon be getting a face-lift to make it more compatible with mobile devices.

In summary.. Direct link to this WordPress blog -> blog.retroleum.co.uk (There will be a link at the store too.)  The store’s front page will soon appear at www.retroleum.co.uk and store.retroleum.co.uk (as before) In the meantime, keep calm and carry on :)

DiagROM 1.28

Added a little extra feature to the Spectrum diagROM: Now when you press the NMI button on the SMART Card, an upper/lower bus test runs showing any unexpected bits as red colours bars. Always nice to have an immediate visual representation of things..

C64 Keyboard Variations

Added an article regarding the different keyboard types used in the C64 over its lifetime, and some notes on repair.

About Spectrum Plus Membranes

I’m often asked why I don’t stock Spectrum Plus / 128 membranes so I thought I ought to post something about them.

Hey hey ULA! 

Announcing the Retroleum Nebula – A Spectrum (48) ULA replacement module. (Phew – after many months of tinkering, it feels good to finally get that off my chest!)

The Nebula, as you might’ve guessed, is a small daughterboard that plugs into the Spectrum’s ULA socket and performs the same functions as the original ULA chip. It’ll be a bit cheaper than a second hand ULA, and should last longer ;)

You can read all about it here.