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> The rush job was the UK launch of the ZX Spectrum 128, now known as the Toast Rack because of the lake heatsink bolted on the side. https://en.wikipedia.org/
by neilv 3y ago
> The rush job was the UK launch of the ZX Spectrum 128, now known as the Toast Rack because of the lake heatsink bolted on the side.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ZX_Spectrum128K.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ZX_Spectrum128K.jpg
The heat sink fins really add to the aesthetic, and that looks so cool for a small home computer in 1985, who could complain.
(The black NeXT cube wasn't for another few years, and it also cost a prohibitive sum for most homes.)
- nottorp 3y agoOh, the days a computer could get away with just a heatsink instead of 20 fans...
- bewilderbeast 3y agoThe heatsink cools the LM7805 power regulator, not the CPU. In the original 48k Spectrum, the heatsink was internal.
- nickt 3y agoAnd if you use a modern switch-mode replacement, you don’t need a heat sink at all. I know some folks like to put small heat sinks on the ULA though.
- SomeoneFromCA 3y agoSoviet clones had ULAs built from individual 74xx ics. No need for heatsinks!
- nickt 3y agoExcellent! I need to mess around with them at some point.
- egypturnash 3y agolooks at the Macbook Air she's typing this on now
- nottorp 3y agoWell, that's an outlier. Even the M2 Mac Mini I typed the previous post on has a fan.
- qingcharles 3y agoWould it even be legal now? As a child I burned myself continuously on that mofo. I was running that Z80 hard though :)
- neilv 3y ago"Summer of '69" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c o/~ played it till my fingers bled o/~ "Summer of '85" o/~ hacked it till my hand flesh grilled o/~