Weird Amiga 1200 Issue Repaired

1 year ago

In the last week, an Amiga 1200 was dropped off at my workshop to be repaired. That isn't unusual, but…

Modifying a PC floppy drive to work inside an Amiga 500

1 year ago

My Amiga 500 Plus no longer has an internal floppy drive. It was given away months ago to help another…

Yet Another BBC Micro: Retro Restoration

1 year ago

In the town I live, there is a small auction house which every week puts up their list of items…

More BBC Micro Repairs

1 year ago

Last weekend I started the first of a four-part course teaching children to program on the BBC Micro. Of course,…

Acorn Electron: Retro Restoration

1 year ago

When I was much younger, I had a BBC Micro computer at home. A few friends had Acorn Electrons, and…

BBC Micro: Restoration part 3

2 years ago

In my previous post, I thought I had both BBCs fully working and almost complete. I cleaned the inside of…

Acorn ANF03 Data Recorder: Retro Restoration

2 years ago

For BBC Micro owners in the 1980s, a disk drive and DFS upgrade was often financially out of reach, sometimes…

BBC Micro: Restoration part 2

2 years ago

Following on from my previous BBC Micro restoration post, I figured I should take a look at BBC Micro #2.…

Teletext on a BBC computer in 2024

2 years ago

Before the Internet, if we wanted to read up-to-the-minute news or weather, we had Teletext. It is a low-bandwidth text…

Valiant Turtle: Retro Restoration Part 3

2 years ago

I thought part 2 was the end of my restoration journey for Tobias the Valiant Turtle. But there is more…