Retro Computing

When an Amiga A570 Repair Took a Strange Turn

I recently bought a faulty Amiga A570 and intended to write a repair blog post about it eventually, but this…

2 weeks ago

When PAL Goes Wrong: Repairing an Amiga CD32

What should have been a straightforward CD32 recap turned into something far more interesting. The CD32 belongs to Tony Warriner,…

3 months ago

Reviving a Roland SoundBrush: Floppy MIDI Playback Without the Computer

Back in the 80s and early 90s, when games often came on floppy disks, the music came in MIDI format.…

5 months ago

A Socket 7 Upgrade: Moving Beyond the 486

A while back I built a 486-based machine to play with some late 80s / early 90s games, as well…

5 months ago

Reviving an Amiga 600: From Dead Video to a Clean Boot

I managed to score an Amiga 600 motherboard which was faulty for £41. This weekend I attempted to fix it.…

6 months ago

The Amiga 1200 That Fought Back: The Faults I Missed the First Time

I recently repaired an Amiga 1200 with a difficult to find fault. Unfortunately, it came back to me with more…

6 months ago

Why Recapping Isn’t Always the Cure: And Amiga 1200 Repair Story

I often see on places such as Facebook that an Amiga owner will show a fault they have with their…

6 months ago

Upgrading the RAM Detective: A Firmware Adventure with RAMCHECK

The firmware in my RAMCHECK is very old, there were many updates since then. Unfortunately, the firmware was not published…

10 months ago

The Ultimate RAM Detective: Meet the Innoventions RAMCHECK

Whilst repairing vintage machines, a lot of RAM passes by my benches. Most of it works great, some of it…

10 months ago

Vintage Speed Demon: Fixing an ARK1000VL Graphics Card

According to some, the ARK1000VL is considered the fastest VLB graphics card chip you can get. I recently repaired several…

11 months ago