For the geeks out there

[Doomed]

During an EICR found this powering the doorbell

I was impessed, any other geeks recognise it? (sorry its blurry)

 

[snowhead]

Spectrum or even ZX81

 

[static zap]

I think of his C5 every day an electric scooter nearly runs me down.
" Ahead of his time "

 

[Dustydazzler]

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k | eBay

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looks like this

 

[telectrix]

During an EICR found this powering the doorbell
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I was impessed, any other geeks recognise it? (sorry its blurry)

it's probably bluury due to old age. whether the old age is due to the item or the photogrpher is debatable.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

IIRC those were made by Adaptors and Eliminators. I can't read the current rating but also IIRC, 0.7A output / 3.5mm jack plug = unexpanded ZX81. 1.2A / 3.5mm jack plug = ZX81 with add-ons e.g. RAM pack. 1.4A / 2.1mm DC power plug = Spectrum. It's been a while.

 

[Pretty Mouth]

Still working? I lost count of the number of those my brothers and I got through when we were kids. There was no reset button on the rubber key version so you had to yank the plug out instead. Inevitably a break would form in the cable, and the speccy would lose power randomly when you moved it. Highly annoying when you'd waited 5 mins for the game to load.