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Repair of a Cirrus Logic VLB Graphics Card
Fellow vintage computer collector, Gammitin, challenged me to fix four VLB graphics cards, as well as upgrade the RAM on them. If I could do it, I could keep one for my 486 PC build. Can I do it? Let’s find out. Read more
Upgrading my 486 PC Build
You may remember my recent 486 PC build, I enjoyed doing it, but I had several issues with it. It also didn’t quite have everything I wanted in it. I ended up making huge changes. This post covers everything I have done to it since then. Read more
The Roland MT-32: The Ultimate late-80s Gaming Sound
One of the projects I wanted to do with my new 486 PC was to try out a Roland MT-32 with it. The MT-32 is a MIDI synthesiser that was used to help compose many late-80s games. Many of these games sound amazing with an MT-32, so, like many before me, I decided to talk Read more
486 PC Build
A lot of people my age went from the 8bit era to the 16bit era and then PCs. I took a very different route and, as such, I want to build a machine compatible with what I would have had in the 90s. Read more
wolfSSL on Amiga
As many of you are probably aware, I am one of the developers of wolfSSL. I specialise in porting to various platforms, everything from 16bit microcontrollers to big iron 64bit server processors. I decided to see if I could get wolfSSL running on a 30+ year old platform, specifically “Jops”, the Amiga 4000 I just Read more
Two special Amiga 4000s: Rebuilding Jops
Now that the motherboard work is finished, it is time to rebuild. Lots of 3D printing involved in this one, let’s dive in. Read more
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