Upgrading the RAM Detective: A Firmware Adventure with RAMCHECK

7 months ago

The firmware in my RAMCHECK is very old, there were many updates since then. Unfortunately, the firmware was not published…

The Ultimate RAM Detective: Meet the Innoventions RAMCHECK

8 months ago

Whilst repairing vintage machines, a lot of RAM passes by my benches. Most of it works great, some of it…

Vintage Speed Demon: Fixing an ARK1000VL Graphics Card

8 months ago

According to some, the ARK1000VL is considered the fastest VLB graphics card chip you can get. I recently repaired several…

Using rr On Newer Intel CPUs

9 months ago

If, like me, you have a newer Intel hybrid CPU, with P-Cores and E-Cores, you may hit an issue running…

The Legend Continues: Amiga 1000 Keyboard Revival

9 months ago

I have restored the boxed Amiga 1000 main unit and the mice that came with it. Now is the turn…

Amiga 4000 Repair: This one was just weird

9 months ago

I was recently sent an Amiga 4000 motherboard repair. It should have been quite straightforward, but as we will see,…

Unboxing the Legend Continues: Amiga 1000 Mouse Restoration.

9 months ago

I recently received a boxed Amiga 1000 which was in excellent condition, but required a little work. It came with…

Unboxing a Legend: Amiga 1000

9 months ago

I have a local friend who is a private collector of vintage computers and consoles, and he has an incredible…

Amiga 4000 With Lots of Little Problems

10 months ago

I’ve had a few people send me things in to repair lately. Amongst these was an Amiga 4000 motherboard, RAM…

Amiga A3640 CPU Card Repair

11 months ago

Lately, I've been very busy, but haven't had many interesting things to blog about happen. That will change soon, but…