Restoration

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…

7 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…

9 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…

9 months 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…

9 months 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.…

10 months ago

Valiant Turtle: Retro Restoration Part 3

I thought part 2 was the end of my restoration journey for Tobias the Valiant Turtle. But there is more…

10 months ago

BBC Master 128 #2: Retro Restoration

I was recently chatting to a local friend about the course I'm setting up to teach local kids BBC BASIC…

11 months ago

BBC Micro: Restoration part 1

In a previous post, I showed the two BBC Micro computers I had acquired. I decided to work on the…

11 months ago

Retro computer diagnostic tools

In the past, I've discussed the soldering gear and general tools I've used, but I haven't really summarized the diagnostic…

11 months ago

Atari 800XL: Restoration Part 2

I previously left my Atari 800XL with a faulty GTIA chip which completely broke the video output from the Atari.…

11 months ago