Drag soldering through-hole pins

3 years ago

Following on from my video drag soldering a QFP chip, I decided to record a demonstration of drag soldering through-hole…

Drag soldering a 100 pin QFP for a PiStorm 600

3 years ago

I created a video to demonstrate how I drag solder QFP chips onto PCBs. This one being a CPLD for…

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Feet and Eyes

3 years ago

My Amiga 1000 is working great now after the final repair on the audio. But there are missing rubber feet,…

Amiga Repairs: Put Down That Screwdriver!

3 years ago

The 16bit era Commodore Amiga computers have many of their ICs socketed, which means they can be removed easily when…

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Audio Repair

3 years ago

After I finally got everything up and running from my last post, I figured I would try out a game…

Amiga 1000 Restoration: The Keyboard

3 years ago

In the previous instalment I found that the keyboard on the Amiga 1000 was not fully working, and it needed…

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Recap, Cleaning and Testing

3 years ago

Following on from my first restoration post the next step is recapping the PSU and cleaning the case. As with…

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Floppy Drive and WCS Failure?

3 years ago

As part of restoring my Amiga 1000 into the beautiful machine it once was, I wanted to be able to…

An Amiga 1000

3 years ago

Over the last couple of years I've slowly been building up a collection of every 16bit Amiga model. The most…

Soldering Workbench Tour Update

3 years ago

A few months ago I gave a tour of my soldering workbench for anyone who might find it useful. All…