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Atari 800XL: Restoration Part 2

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

1 year ago

BBC Micros: Pre-restoration discovery

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

1 year ago

Archiving a copy protected disk

I recently received a rare floppy disk for the Acorn Archimedes, one I cannot find archived anywhere. My concern is…

1 year ago

Valiant Turtle: Retro Restoration Part 2

In my previous post about the restoration of the Valiant Turtle, I managed to get it powered up, but the…

1 year ago

Valiant Turtle: Retro Restoration Part 1

Back in the 1980s, many schools in the UK had BBC Micro computers as part of the BBC's computer literacy…

1 year ago

Fake chips, I got stung

Unfortunately, in the tech sector, just like many other sectors, there are scammers around. When you are dealing with electronics…

1 year ago

Atari 800XL: Restoration Part 1

When I was a teenager, one of the last 8bit machines I acquired was an Atari XEGS. This was a…

1 year ago

Acorn Atom: Virtual Tapes

Now that the Acorn Atom is working, I wanted to be able to load software on it. One solution many…

1 year ago

Acorn Atom: Restoration Part 3

Pretty much everything was working in my previous post. But I was struggling with the tape interface and there are…

1 year ago

Acorn Atom: Restoration Part 2

In the previous part of this series, I got the Acorn Atom working. But I don't just want it working,…

1 year ago