... or nasty SELECT key ;) Intro Some time ago one of my Norwegian friends asked me if I have a boxed Atari 130XE. He wanted this unit »
... or a "built-in modulator" for your retro thingy ;) Yes, I was away from keyboard for a while ;P The "why ?" So this idea came after I've »
... or a story about C64 straight from a Monster Truck Fail of the month Story Last month, I've bought quite a few retro computers. There was »
... or another custom work for my Norwegian friend :) Intro Getting a good quality photo of a dye with just an USB camera "microscope" is kinda hard. »
... or finally finished project . First transport ... ... finally arrived. ... but I am still waiting for the second half :D It'll take a while to refurbish it all »
... or me dumb, me still winz :> Story mode on In short, this post is about how I've managed to run stock SATA disks in an EMC »
... or Batman forever ... forever . Short story Recently, I decided that I need to buy a larger Hard Drive ... /Short story CPC 6128 I always wanted to »
... another round of small hax that I did over past few weeks. Desoldering station Some time ago, I've bought a cheap desoldering station to conveniently desolder »
... or a story about a C64 version sold along with potatoes back in a day Intro This is going to be a very short post about »
... or dafaq is that gooey ?! Intro Some time ago mCCnEx of WantedTeam demoscene group, asked me to have a look at his Amiga 600. There was »
... hopefully ... . Photo of the week Extreme refurbishing series ;) Fixing stuff This post is about fixing plastic cases of retro computers. Well, maybe it is rather how »
... or repairs mayhem ... sort of Photo of the week This C64 mainboard needs serious debugging ;P Intro This post is a continuation of CPC repairs saga »
... or how to break stuff in order to repair it Intro A long time ago, far far away, in a distant galaxy, something happened but ... ... nobody »
... or a DIY PCB milling machine Intro I've got this link from Wiecz0r/Lamers ... no further explanation required ... :> What for ? Yeh yeh, I didn't write for »
... or how to simply fix a worn out joystick The why ? Simply, because this joystick has a switch under a hood that allows to set it »
... or how to figure something out while figuring something out Intro Party lolz The problem A few days ago, Mccnex/WantedTeam asked me to fix his »
... or a short story about a lenghty project . First batch Why long ? because I am still working on it, but let me write how it all »
... or how to reanimate a dead breadbin case Photo of a week Just have a look what I've got recently :D A Commodore 64 that worked »
... or how to power retro hardware with modern PSU So I wanted to connect this: ... but DAMN, theres no atomic power plant nearby. ... So, I've decided »
... or printing t3h stuff, ha ! Photo of a week This time as a photo of a week, I present you old and great Norton Commander. Bachoo »
... or how my Amstrad load youtube . Photo of the week This time I present you a photo titled "The great chase of a 1337 h4x0r !" Obviously, »
... or retro bash scripts FTW! Let's start with an old (2008) photo of a week titled "We all love AIX" ;P Yup, 16 GB of RAM »
... or small hax overload Intro Let's start with a photo of the week. Proposed title - "Y U NO WORK ??!!" Any idea what hardware it is »
... or why u not work !? < The story > Soooo, this is a story about little boy who was never born < /End of story :D > Mmmmkay, »
... or about de-yellowing one more time Ataaariiii I've recently bought nicely worn out Atari 800XL. I won't lie if I say I did buy it on »
... or how to get lost in prototyping This is part two of my long time project of building a retro handheld. This is a quick run »
... or how to get a bluescreen from the past The story Remember those dark winter evenings spent with Diablo 1? or F-29 Raptor ? or Dune 2 »
... or a glossy keyboard attack ! No STORY this time That's right, short and pure restoration of a cool C64 Breadbin that was presumably dug out of »
... or "Rise of The TrollBot" This is the third part of my posts about 3D printers that I've created over past four years. Here is a »
... or how to get overwhelmed by too many projects Yup, posting delays again :/ That is caused by too many projects that I started simultaneously and these »
... or how to keep on learning new stuff Background story A few days ago, I was visiting my friend Bart030. Bart received a bricked ZX-Uno board »
... or how to fail at restoring key caps ... and fix it afterward Recently, I've bought a drowned (at least it looked like drowned :D) and burned »
... or how to use heart surgeon tool to fix C64 ! Ha ! So part three it is ... Yoda said. Well, he didn't say it but just imagine »
... or hot-fixes surprise ! Story Recently, I've received a broken ZX Spectrum 48k from a friend. A nice looking unit that required a bit of work on »
... or how to make use of rear camera LCD Soooo... ...so it all started because I browse too much Interwebz :> Like this: Nowadays, electronic stuff is »
... or do it till it's done ;) Alrighty righty ! This is the second part of my six C64s restoration/upgrade project. The first part for all of »
... or how to spend few months extruding molten plastic Why ? After finishing my first 3D printer, I started to feel hunger for more upgrades, changes and »
... or how not to pay for deleting your photos Quick story Another short post. This time, not so retro but it might be handy for some »
... or bringing six C64 back to life The story Beyond seven mountain ranges, beyond seven rivers , lived a little dog called Ricardo. ... but he ate too »
... or how to get an Amiga from a taxi driver Getting A600 This is a kinda funny story. Some time ago, me and some friends, we »
... or a short description of a quick&dirty hard disk hack Dafaq?! Why ?! I run a home Linux box stuff like keeping IRC session, OpenVPN, »
... or the first step to getting yourself into the great world of endless DIY crap In 2012, I was attending a demoscene party in my hometown. »
... or a short story about osmocomBB This is going to be rather a short post, mainly because I played with it few years ago so this »
... or why open hardware rocks !!11one!eleven How it all started One day, I was doing a lot of pretty much nothing. Suddenly I've heard a »
... or a story how I suck at choosing proper file The story Once upon a time, there was a little pony called Bungholio ... OK! OK! Wrong »
or how I bought ZX after 29 years. Yup, ZX Spectrum was the first computer that I had an occasion to play with. It was 1986 »
... or how shipping company did it again. I've never had 16 bit Atari computer, therefore, I am a complete noob if it is about ST series. »
... or how I started with retro computing. Back in 1986, as a six-year-old boy, I had an opportunity to play with ZX Spectrum. Wow, that was »