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Happy upgrade day, gang! (I retired my clunky old bodge-wired external IDE interface in favour of a sleek internal fancy one). #ZXSpectrum #Plus3e

A ZX Spectrum +3e main board in a clear Perspex sandwich (in lieu of its original case). Inside can be seen all the gubbins including a new IDE interface with a bright red LED.A picture showing the IDE interface in more detail. It has taken the place of the Z80 processor. The adaptor sits in the old DIP socket and extends to the right, where the floppy drive would normally be mounted, but in this system has been removed. A CF card is attached. Instead of the original DIP Z80, this board has a surface mounted QFP variant (which is much smaller). Not quite in shot is one of the two EPROMs which have replaced the original mask ROMs.