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.…

1 year 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…

1 year 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,…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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

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…

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…

2 years ago