Ohhh, lots of modding this weekend...
External audio hack, breaking the track (nerf) on the auxiliary sound.
Reverse engineered the joystick ports to accept standard joysticks.
Internal line-in added for MP3 player.
Converted about 150 games from World of Spectrum to MP3 (using WinTZX).
Power switch added.
Tested MP3 loading on android tablet and works great

- happy days!
Now I'm just waiting on an MP3 player to arrive, so I can get it all fitted into the datacorder area. Luckily there is quite a bit of space there, working on a Speccy is a luxury compared to modern devices, you can even solder stuff without needing a microscope
Now we have the speccy hooked up to my monster speaker setup - neighbors were being a pain on Saturday, so all day Sunday we treated them to the adorable tweets and warbles of a speccy loading. Reminded myself how rubbish I am at Manic Miner, how difficult some shooters were (Zynaps), and how much I love playing Bruce Lee with my brother. But mostly it's surprising just how much I trully missed the Speccy - it seems crazy to spend so much time playing a 30 year old system while expensive gaming rigs, consoles, tablets, a mame cabinet and an embarrassment of peripherals sit idle. I'm glad I decided to stick to the old loading regime too instead of just buying an SD card reader, even with MP3 rather than tape, it's part of the experience IMO to have to wait a few minutes on loading. I've got by on emulation for too long, the real machines are infinitely more fun to mess around with

I am the one who knocks...
