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Photo description: my newly restored Galeb, serial number and all

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Cannot attach a photo here yet, so here is a careful description. Galeb, cream-coloured plastic case with a slightly yellowed lid, rubbery keys that finally don't stick. Serial plate on the back, two screws missing which I replaced with slightly different screws, I'm ashamed. Inside: a Z80-family CPU, the board labelled by hand in blue ink by whoever assembled it. A small burn mark near the power regulator, repaired by me with new capacitors.

It boots to the old BASIC prompt in under three seconds. I typed PRINT "YU" and it printed YU. I sat in silence for a while.

If someone knows the exact production batch from the board markings, please tell me.

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Hand-labelled boards are so lovely. Mine has a signature of the inspector in pencil. Can you read the marking near the ROM socket? Batches often differ there.

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@galeb_86 it reads something like R-4 and a date stamp, but I can't be sure. Will try a flashlight at an angle.

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Can you dump the ROM? A hash would let us compare with other machines and it would make a nice entry in the collectors' archive.

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Does it still load from tape? If the output level is low, check the capacitor in the audio stage first. Mine drifted over decades.

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Tell me, did it make that little beep? I remember the beep.

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