Retro

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…

6 months ago

486 PC Build

A lot of people my age went from the 8bit era to the 16bit era and then PCs. I took…

6 months ago

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,…

6 months ago

Two special Amiga 4000s: More Jops Repairs

In my previous post in this series, I managed to diagnose and repair three very strange issues that were causing…

6 months ago

Two special Amiga 4000s: Jops video

I finally got Jops to generate a good DiagROM serial output, but the video output wasn't working. This time I…

7 months ago

Restoration of a barn find Amiga 2000: part 3

All the motherboard issues were resolved in my previous post in this series, now it is time to reassemble and…

7 months ago

Restoration of a barn find Amiga 2000: part 2

With this Amiga 2000, I previously got it into a state where it would boot from the main CPU and…

7 months ago

Two special Amiga 4000s: Repairing Jops

Last time I worked on Jops, I left myself a lot of work to do. This weekend I picked it…

7 months ago

Restoration of a barn find Amiga 2000: part 1

I recently acquired an Amiga 2000 for £350 which was in an unknown state, but had many upgrades in it.…

7 months ago

Diagnosing an Amiga 1200 Data Path Fault

I recently acquired an Amiga 1200 motherboard in a spares/repairs condition for about £100 recently. There was evidence of a…

8 months ago