Retro

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.…

3 days ago

A Socket 7 Upgrade: Moving Beyond the 486

A while back I built a 486-based machine to play with some late 80s / early 90s games, as well…

6 days ago

Reviving an Amiga 600: From Dead Video to a Clean Boot

I managed to score an Amiga 600 motherboard which was faulty for £41. This weekend I attempted to fix it.…

4 weeks 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…

1 month ago

Upgrading the RAM Detective: A Firmware Adventure with RAMCHECK

The firmware in my RAMCHECK is very old, there were many updates since then. Unfortunately, the firmware was not published…

5 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…

5 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…

6 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…

6 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,…

6 months ago

Unboxing the Legend Continues: Amiga 1000 Mouse Restoration.

I recently received a boxed Amiga 1000 which was in excellent condition, but required a little work. It came with…

7 months ago