Zx Spectrum Test Program Link Jun 2026

What do you currently have available? (e.g., EPROM burner, DivMMC, smart phone/audio cable)

This article provides the necessary links, explains how to use the diagnostic software, and covers the essential tools for repairing your Spectrum. 1. Where to Find the ZX Spectrum Test Program Link zx spectrum test program link

: Includes deep testing for lower/upper RAM, ULA, Z80 features, keyboard, and sound. It provides a "bad bit to chip ID" table to help you identify exactly which IC on the board needs replacing. Brendan Alford / Dylan Smith (ZX Diagnostics) : Project Repository : GitHub - zx-diagnostics Detailed Documentation : ZX Diagnostics Wiki/Manual Manual (Scribd) : ZX Spectrum Diagnostics User Manual What do you currently have available

You can find these programs legally archived on sites like World of Spectrum or Spectrum Computing . Search for: Where to Find the ZX Spectrum Test Program

: One of the most popular modern diagnostic ROMs. It tests internal RAM, ROM checksums, keyboard matrix, sound (BEEP and AY-chip), and ULA video output.

News

Jul 05 2012 - Moved code to Git

Aug 09 2011 - Release of Spectools-2011-08-R1, support for Wi-Spy DBx2, 24x2, and Ubertooth, prettied up some graphics

Apr 23 2010 - Release of Spectools-2010-04-R1, bug fixes and support for libusb 1.0+compat.

Jun 18 2009 - Release of Spectools-2009-06-R1, including support for the Wi-Spy 24i

Download

The spectrum-tools development tree is available via Git.
Download the latest development code using Git with:
git clone https://www.kismetwireless.net/git/spectools.git

Download Spectrum-Tools 2011-08-R1 here

A note to package maintainers: I'd consider spectrum-tools finally ready for inclusion. Note that you will probably have to make changes to the udev rules file to reflect the "privilged usb users" group for your distribution.

Hardware

Currently, Spectools supports the following hardware:

Metageek Wi-Spy Classic	link
Metageek Wi-Spy 24x	link
Metageek Wi-Spy DBx	link
Metageek Wi-Spy 24i	link
Ubertooth	link

Additional hardware will be supported as time permits and hardware becomes available; Patches and chipset documentation for other spectrum analyzers welcome.

Screenshot

Spectool-GTK 2007-10-R1 user interface