Retro

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.…

7 months ago

An Amiga 1200 fighting me the whole way

On my repair list have been two motherboards from Retro32. An Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200. The Amiga 600 repair…

7 months ago

Kickstart Amiga Expo and My New Products

Last weekend I was at the second Kickstart Amiga Expo, where I had a table under my "Retro Supplies" brand,…

8 months ago

Amiga RPT-75B PSU: Testing and enhancements

In my previous blog post, I showed how to make a new, high-spec power supply for Amiga 500 / 600…

9 months ago

Building an Amiga PSU around an RPT-75B

A lot of people use Meanwell power supplies as the replacements for the poor quality ones that came with the…

9 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…

9 months ago

Weird Amiga 1200 Issue Repaired

In the last week, an Amiga 1200 was dropped off at my workshop to be repaired. That isn't unusual, but…

10 months 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…

10 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…

12 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…

1 year ago