Retro

Amiga 3000: Restoration Part 4

In my last post, I had started a new retrobrighting process on the keyboard. Let's see how it went. (more…)

2 years ago

Amiga 3000: Restoration Part 3

My Amiga 3000 is now in pretty good working condition, but my work is not done. In this part I'll…

2 years ago

Amiga 3000: Restoration Part 2

Now that I have converted the Amiga 3000 from a US to European machine, it is time to fix the…

2 years ago

Amiga 3000: Restoration Part 1

There has been a long running joke with my friend Paulee that I would buy their Amiga 3000 from them.…

2 years ago

Acorn Archimedes A5000: Restoration Part 3

Last time we were at a point where things were mostly working, but there was more work to do on…

2 years ago

Acorn Archimedes A5000: Restoration Part 2

In my previous post I managed to get the A5000 to reliably boot. But due to battery damage it cannot…

2 years ago

Acorn Archimedes A5000: Restoration Part 1

I recently acquired a new Archimedes for my collection, the A5000. It was bought mostly working, but needs a little…

2 years ago

Magneto-Optical Drives

Magneto-Optical is not a fight between mutants from X-Men, but a very reliable drive technology which you may have even…

2 years ago

This alien device is something really cool

In my quest to try out lots of interesting older tech, something really cool popped up for an incredibly low…

2 years ago

Retro addons: Big box o’ SCSI part 3

Previously I tested and failed to get the SyQuest drive working. Now, I have got a lot further... (more…)

2 years ago