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…

BBC Master 128 #2: Retro Restoration

2 years ago

I was recently chatting to a local friend about the course I'm setting up to teach local kids BBC BASIC…

BBC Micro: Restoration part 1

2 years ago

In a previous post, I showed the two BBC Micro computers I had acquired. I decided to work on the…

Retro computer diagnostic tools

2 years ago

In the past, I've discussed the soldering gear and general tools I've used, but I haven't really summarized the diagnostic…

Atari 800XL: Restoration Part 2

2 years ago

I previously left my Atari 800XL with a faulty GTIA chip which completely broke the video output from the Atari.…

BBC Micros: Pre-restoration discovery

2 years ago

In 2024 I'm going to be setting up a small class to teach local children how to program the same…