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All the addresses and phone numbers in this section are in Britain unless otherwise stated; to phone Britain from overseas, dial your international code, followed by 44, then the number listed below, without the initial 0.

• The on-line auction house eBay can have some Speccy stuff on, but the auction format does mean that prices tend to get to silly levels.
• The US-based Home Electronics Service claim to have "some parts for the Spectrum and ZX81". Might be worth a try if you're on that side of the Atlantic.
• Replacement +3 drive belts are available from:
  • Brian Watson (see the Independent Eight Bit Association in the User Groups section for his address): £1 including post & packing in the UK, and £3 (or the equivalent in local currency) for two belts elsewhere.
  • Kevin Gurd: £2 (All cheques and money orders should be payable to "K. Gurd")
    21 Ladycross Road
    Langdown
    Hythe
    Southampton, SO45 3JR
  • or from Trading Post (see below);
• Loot is a UK free-ads paper which often has Spectrums and the like for sale.
• New membranes can also be bought from Jean Austermuhle in Germany; his postal address is:
  
  Sternwartstr. 69
  D-40223 Dusseldorf
  Germany
  
  Tel: +49 (0)211 395460
  
  Prices (all exclusive of postage & packing):
  • 48k rubber board: £10
  • 48K+/128K: £19
  • 48K/128K (better quality like +2/+2A): £23.
  
  Do contact him before sending any money.
  
  
• Miscellanea has the beginnings of a price guide to how much real Sinclair machines are going for in the present day. However, most of the prices are gathered from eBay: see my comment above!
• Trading Post have a large collection of Speccy spares, as well as real +2As for sale. For details, visit their Web page, contact them via snail-mail at:
  
  Trading Post
  Victoria Road
  Shifnal
  Shropshire, TF11 8AF
  
  or phone/fax them on (01952) 462135
  
  
• Microdrive cartridges (as well as complete Microdrive kits) can be obtained in the UK from:
  
  W.N. Richardson & Co.
  6 Ravensmead
  Chiltern Hill
  Chalfont St Peter
  Bucks, SL9 0NB
  
  Telephone/Fax (01494) 871319
  
  

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