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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…

3 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,…

3 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…

3 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

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Recap, Cleaning and Testing

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

3 years ago

Amiga 1000 Restoration: Floppy Drive and WCS Failure?

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

3 years ago

An Amiga 1000

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

3 years ago

Soldering Workbench Tour Update

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

3 years ago