Repair

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.…

2 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…

3 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…

3 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…

7 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…

8 months ago

The Legend Continues: Amiga 1000 Keyboard Revival

I have restored the boxed Amiga 1000 main unit and the mice that came with it. Now is the turn…

8 months ago

Amiga 4000 Repair: This one was just weird

I was recently sent an Amiga 4000 motherboard repair. It should have been quite straightforward, but as we will see,…

8 months ago

Unboxing a Legend: Amiga 1000

I have a local friend who is a private collector of vintage computers and consoles, and he has an incredible…

8 months ago

Amiga 4000 With Lots of Little Problems

I’ve had a few people send me things in to repair lately. Amongst these was an Amiga 4000 motherboard, RAM…

10 months ago

Amiga A3640 CPU Card Repair

Lately, I've been very busy, but haven't had many interesting things to blog about happen. That will change soon, but…

10 months ago