Category: Electronics

Commodore C16 – RAM upgrade and internal SD2IEC mount
… or another C16 on my bench 🙂
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Dragon 32 – 64k RAM upgrade and mods
… or finally, the dragon LOLs … err I mean ROARS in my garage 😀
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Various Hax – part six
… or weird stuff continues to continue 😉
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Amstrad PPC640 – mods&hax
… or how to steal an idea from Wieczor :>
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Extreme refurbishing: Episode 4 – Vampiric Amiga 500
… or ginger/rusty shielding is hawt!

The story of three electrons … err Acorn Electrons
… or computers that conquered UK hearts
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Atari 800 XL + SDrive-MAX
… or another bedtime story

Commodore 128 – mods
… or adventures of a lame modder

Beeb errr … BBC Micro restoration and upgrades
… or I just saw the best-made upgrade for Beeb
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Various Hax- part five
… or weird stuff continues

PiSP – old project in a new skin
… or I just had a few spare hours 😉

Atari 1040 STFM refurb and Gotek upgrade
… or another machine goes to Norway

Amiga 500 – mods
… or Amigaaaaaaaahhhh !

EasyFlash3 Cart for Commodore
… or a short story about how I’ve made a small batch of EF3s 😉

Commodore 1541 floppy drive fixing chaos
… or fixing several 1541 drives for fun 😉

Various hax – part four
… or another round of weird stuff

ZX Spectrum +3 – Cleaning and sound fix
… or just another story about mature hardware 😉

RGB4ALL – composite and s-video module
… or a “built-in modulator” for your retro thingy 😉

SD2IEC Revisited
… or finally, the project is finished

Various hax – part three
… another round of small hax that I did over the past few weeks.

Cyclone PCB factory project
… or a DIY PCB milling machine

QuickShot QS-137F Joystick repair
… or how to simply fix a worn-out joystick

C64 – SD2IEC
… or a short story about a long project

Another day, another C64
… or how to reanimate a dead breadbin case

ZX Spectrum +2 – Blackie – PSU Hack
… or how to power retro hardware with a modern PSU

Various hax – Part two
… or small hax overload

ZX Spectrum 128k +2 repairs
… or why u not work !?

Atari 800 XL – U1M and restoration
… or about de-yellowing one more time

retroPC – old games anyone ?
… or how to get a bluescreen from the past

3D Printing – latest machine
… or “Rise of The TrollBot”

Various hax – PART ONE
… or how to get overwhelmed by too many projects

ZX Spectrum 48k – just another repair …
… or hot-fixes surprise!

Project RetroBlade v 0.27237 – PART ONE
… or how to make use of rear camera LCD

3D Printing – Learning curve
… or how to spend a few months extruding molten plastic

Quick post about broken smartphone screen
… or how not to pay for deleting your photos
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Commodore 64 – The great refurbishing – PART ONE
… or bringing six C64 back to life
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Amiga 600TDP – The Dark Project
… or how to get an Amiga from a taxi driver

GSM 900 sniffing
… or a short story about osmocomBB

SIO2SD for 8-bit Atari
… or why open hardware rocks !!11one!eleven

Commodore 64 – SID in AVR wrapping
… or a story about how I suck at choosing the proper file

ZX Spectrum 48k – panel replacement
or how I bought ZX after 29 years.

Atari 1040 STe a.k.a. Puzzle project
… or how the shipping company did it again.
