Retro Computing

Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 1

At the end of my keyboard PC blog post I mentioned that I really wanted a Schneider Euro PC. Finally,…

2 years ago

Yep! I bricked a Pentium 3 motherboard (and how I fixed it)

In my retro collection is a Pentium 3 based computer which I will be blogging about once I finish building…

2 years ago

This PC keyboard hides an interesting secret…

I found this keyboard on eBay recently, although it wasn't quite the one I was looking for I still think…

2 years ago

Intel Inside (but not how you would expect)

I last left my Acorn RiscPC with a StrongARM CPU card and an IBM/Cyrix based 5x86 CPU card. I saw…

2 years ago

Adventures with a “working” Pentium III Motherboard

In my quest to build my perfect early 2000s gaming PC I decided to build it into a tower machine…

3 years ago

Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 4

What is likely the final batch of upgrades has arrived for my RiscPC. This is exciting stuff as I got…

3 years ago

Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 3

This one could potentially fit in the restoration series as this is around a problem I found and how it…

3 years ago

Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 2

A couple more upgrades have turned up, so I gave them a quick try. Not everything went to plan as…

3 years ago

Design of the GoFloppy Drive

A couple of months ago I released a product called the GoFloppy Drive. It is the result of a long…

3 years ago

Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 1

Now that the RiscPC is working well, I'm starting to install upgrades to it. The first few have arrived and…

3 years ago