Retro

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…

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

Teletext on a BBC computer in 2024

Before the Internet, if we wanted to read up-to-the-minute news or weather, we had Teletext. It is a low-bandwidth text…

1 year ago