Retro Computing

Amiga 600: Retro Restoration

Every week I check the local auction websites to see if there are any interesting vintage computer related things to…

9 months ago

Weird Amiga 1200 Issue Repaired

In the last week, an Amiga 1200 was dropped off at my workshop to be repaired. That isn't unusual, but…

10 months ago

Modifying a PC floppy drive to work inside an Amiga 500

My Amiga 500 Plus no longer has an internal floppy drive. It was given away months ago to help another…

10 months ago

Yet Another BBC Micro: Retro Restoration

In the town I live, there is a small auction house which every week puts up their list of items…

10 months ago

More BBC Micro Repairs

Last weekend I started the first of a four-part course teaching children to program on the BBC Micro. Of course,…

11 months ago

Acorn Electron: Retro Restoration

When I was much younger, I had a BBC Micro computer at home. A few friends had Acorn Electrons, and…

12 months ago

BBC Micro: Restoration part 3

In my previous post, I thought I had both BBCs fully working and almost complete. I cleaned the inside of…

1 year ago

Acorn ANF03 Data Recorder: Retro Restoration

For BBC Micro owners in the 1980s, a disk drive and DFS upgrade was often financially out of reach, sometimes…

1 year ago

BBC Micro: Restoration part 2

Following on from my previous BBC Micro restoration post, I figured I should take a look at BBC Micro #2.…

1 year ago

Teletext on a BBC computer in 2024

Before the Internet, if we wanted to read up-to-the-minute news or weather, we had Teletext. It is a low-bandwidth text…

1 year ago