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  • Restoration of a barn find Amiga 2000: part 2

    Restoration of a barn find Amiga 2000: part 2

    With this Amiga 2000, I previously got it into a state where it would boot from the main CPU and the accelerator card. Now it is time to continue working on it. Read more

  • Two special Amiga 4000s: Repairing Jops

    Two special Amiga 4000s: Repairing Jops

    Last time I worked on Jops, I left myself a lot of work to do. This weekend I picked it up again to work on. So, here is the update! Read more

  • Restoration of a barn find Amiga 2000: part 1

    Restoration of a barn find Amiga 2000: part 1

    I recently acquired an Amiga 2000 for £350 which was in an unknown state, but had many upgrades in it. There is a lot to go through with this machine, so I’m going to break this up into multiple parts. For the first part, I’ll see if I can get the motherboard working. Read more

  • Diagnosing an Amiga 1200 Data Path Fault

    Diagnosing an Amiga 1200 Data Path Fault

    I recently acquired an Amiga 1200 motherboard in a spares/repairs condition for about £100 recently. There was evidence of a repair in the past, but I wanted to see if it was something I could get running. Read more

  • Bare Metal “Hello World” on an STM32MP135F-DK

    Bare Metal “Hello World” on an STM32MP135F-DK

    Whilst I do like working with STM32 development boards, some basic information I need can often be buried in pieces of documentation, videos and examples. Today I wanted to simply echo “Hello World” to the built-in ST-Link UART, running on bare metal. This post might help others, but it is also to help me remember… Read more

  • Two special Amiga 4000s: Diagnosing Jops

    Two special Amiga 4000s: Diagnosing Jops

    When I last left this blog series, the first of Stoo Cambridge’s A4000s had gone to its new owner. It will be back for new SIMM and joystick sockets, but now it is time to take a look at the second A4000 I dubbed “Jops”. Read more