Restoration

Building my ideal 486 laptop

Over the past few weeks, I've learned far more than I initially wanted to about the Dell Latitude XP series.…

11 months ago

Restoration of a special Amiga 4000 motherboard

Earlier this month was the Kickstart Amiga Expo, and my Amiga business, Retro Supplies, had a stand there. I had…

11 months ago

Amiga 600: Retro Restoration

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

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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

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…

1 year ago