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The Australian Commodore 64

I have repaired a few Commodore 64 computers recently for other people and finally decided to acquire one of my…

2 years ago

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Covering Holes

It has been a couple of months since I've worked on my Amiga 1000. In that time I had an…

2 years ago

JBC B-Iron 210 Battery Soldering Station Reivew

I had a JBC B-Iron 210 delivered yesterday so decided to record my first usage and give a quick review…

2 years ago

ROMulus demonstration on an Amiga 500

I have created a demonstration video for ROMulus on the Amiga 500. For anyone interested in finding out more about…

2 years ago

Drag soldering through-hole pins

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

2 years ago

Drag soldering a 100 pin QFP for a PiStorm 600

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

2 years ago

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Feet and Eyes

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

2 years ago

Amiga Repairs: Put Down That Screwdriver!

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

2 years ago

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Audio Repair

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

3 years ago

Amiga 1000 Restoration: The Keyboard

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

3 years ago