---
title: "Dear Editor"
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published_at: "2024-01-01T05:18:36+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T01:03:47+00:00"
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excerpt: "MicroAce 8K ROM and flicker-free video upgrade board. ZX81 glitches. RAM pack wobble."
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  - name: "Bill Hulett"
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  - name: "Howard Kaplan"
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  - name: "Jim O'Toole"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/jim-otoole/"
  - name: "Laverne Hoffman"
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  title: "Syntax"
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  url: "http://localhost/periodical/syntax/"
authors: "Bill Hulett, Jim O'Toole, Howard Kaplan, LaVerne Hoffman"
volume: "3"
issue: "1"
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  - id: 52468
    title: "Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v3 n1"
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    url: "http://localhost/issue/syntax-syntax-zx80-v3-n1/"
pages: "12"
pubdate: "January 1982"
archive_link: false
---

# Dear Editor

MicroAce 8K ROM and flicker-free video upgrade board. ZX81 glitches. RAM pack wobble.