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Amstrad PPC640 – mods&hax

Amstrad PPC640 – mods&hax

Posted on October 26, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how to steal an idea from Wieczor :>

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Posted in Amstrad, Electronics, Hacks13 Comments
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 4 – Vampiric Amiga 500

Extreme refurbishing: Episode 4 – Vampiric Amiga 500

Posted on October 7, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or ginger/rusty shielding is hawt!

Posted in Amiga, Commodore, Electronics, Extreme, HacksTagged amiga, commodore, extreme, fix, hardware, hax, keyboard, mods, repair16 Comments
The story of three electrons … err Acorn Electrons

The story of three electrons … err Acorn Electrons

Posted on August 23, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or computers that conquered UK hearts

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Posted in Acorn, Electronics, HacksTagged acorn, electron, fix, hardware, keyboard, repair, uk2 Comments
Atari 800 XL + SDrive-MAX

Atari 800 XL + SDrive-MAX

Posted on July 30, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or another bedtime story

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Two times GOTEK powered Amstrad CPC 6128 please.

Two times GOTEK powered Amstrad CPC 6128 please.

Posted on June 7, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or quick and clean way to make a cool CPCs

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Commodore 128 – mods

Commodore 128 – mods

Posted on May 14, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or adventures of a lame modder

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Posted in Commodore, Electronics, HacksTagged 1541, 3d, c64, card, commodore, fix, hack, hardware, hax, iec, keyboard, mods, repair, retro, retrohax, sd, sd2iec1 Comment
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 3 – Commodore 116

Extreme refurbishing: Episode 3 – Commodore 116

Posted on March 12, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or did I just make poor-looking molded keys?

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Posted in Commodore, Extreme, HacksTagged c116, c16, commodore, extreme, fix, hack, hardware, hax, keyboard, mods, repair, retro, retrohax8 Comments
Beeb errr … BBC Micro restoration and upgrades

Beeb errr … BBC Micro restoration and upgrades

Posted on January 31, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or I just saw the best-made upgrade for Beeb

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Posted in Acorn, BBC, Electronics, HacksTagged acorn, bbc, beeb, hardware, hax, micro, mods, repair, retro, retrohax, rpi4 Comments
Installing a Vampire inside Amiga 500

Installing a Vampire inside Amiga 500

Posted on January 9, 2019February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or A500 on steroids

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Posted in Amiga, ElectronicsTagged 3d, amiga, hack, hardware, keyboard, mods, repair, retro1 Comment
Atari – The frankenSTein series

Atari – The frankenSTein series

Posted on December 14, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or I’ve never thought I’ll ever do such transplants 🙂

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Extreme deYellowing – Atari 1040 STF

Extreme deYellowing – Atari 1040 STF

Posted on November 21, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or bromine adventures

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Various Hax- part five

Various Hax- part five

Posted on November 11, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or weird stuff continues

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Posted in Acorn, Amiga, Commodore, Console, Electronics, Hacks, SinclairTagged 600, 64, amiga, c64, commodore, fix, hack, hardware, hax, mods, repair, retro, retrohax, speccy, spectrum, zx3 Comments
PiSP – old project in a new skin

PiSP – old project in a new skin

Posted on October 17, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or I just had a few spare hours 😉

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3 Amigos … err Amigas – immersion printing

3 Amigos … err Amigas – immersion printing

Posted on September 5, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or HydroGraphics to the rescue!

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2x Commodore VIC-20 – refurb and mods

2x Commodore VIC-20 – refurb and mods

Posted on August 30, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or two VICs go SD

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DEC Hi Note Ultra II – a retro laptop

DEC Hi Note Ultra II – a retro laptop

Posted on June 29, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or DOS FTW! o/

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Posted in Electronics, HacksTagged card, disk, floppy, hack, hardware, repair, retro20 Comments
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 2 – Atari 800 XL – Part two

Extreme refurbishing: Episode 2 – Atari 800 XL – Part two

Posted on June 12, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or biznaz continues :O

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Posted in Atari, Extreme, HacksTagged atari, extreme, fix, hardware, hax, keyboard, repair, retro, retrokomp3 Comments
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 2 – Atari 800 XL – Part one

Extreme refurbishing: Episode 2 – Atari 800 XL – Part one

Posted on June 1, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or seriouz repair biznuz 😉

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Posted in Atari, Extreme, HacksTagged atari, fix, hardware, hax, keyboard, mods, repair, retro, retrohax, retrokomp, sillyventure6 Comments
Sinclair ZX81 – composite mod and repairs.

Sinclair ZX81 – composite mod and repairs.

Posted on May 18, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or, gee … this is a tiny computer

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Atari 1040 STFM refurb and Gotek upgrade

Atari 1040 STFM refurb and Gotek upgrade

Posted on February 28, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or another machine goes to Norway

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Amiga 500 – mods

Amiga 500 – mods

Posted on January 25, 2018February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or Amigaaaaaaaahhhh !

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Posted in Amiga, Commodore, Electronics, Hacks28 Comments
EasyFlash3 Cart for Commodore

EasyFlash3 Cart for Commodore

Posted on December 20, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

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

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Commodore 1541 floppy drive fixing chaos

Commodore 1541 floppy drive fixing chaos

Posted on November 9, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or fixing several 1541 drives for fun 😉

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Posted in Commodore, Electronics, HacksTagged 1541, 64, breadbin, c64, commodore, fix, hardware, hax, repair, retro, retrohax19 Comments
Various hax – part four

Various hax – part four

Posted on November 2, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or another round of weird stuff

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Posted in 3D Printing, Amiga, Commodore, Electronics, HacksTagged 3d, 3dprinting, amiga, c64, card, disk, fix, hardware, hax, iec, keyboard, mods, repair, retro, sd, sd2iec4 Comments
Amiga CDTV – just simple refurbishing

Amiga CDTV – just simple refurbishing

Posted on November 1, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or busy days are really busy nowadays

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ZX Spectrum +3 – Cleaning and sound fix

ZX Spectrum +3 – Cleaning and sound fix

Posted on September 14, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or just another story about mature hardware 😉

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Posted in Electronics, Hacks, SinclairTagged fix, hardware, hax, mods, repair, retro, speccy, spectrum, zx4 Comments
Atari 130 XE restoration and upgrade job

Atari 130 XE restoration and upgrade job

Posted on July 20, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or nasty SELECT key 😉

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RGB4ALL – composite and s-video module

RGB4ALL – composite and s-video module

Posted on July 12, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a “built-in modulator” for your retro thingy 😉

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Posted in Amiga, Amstrad, Atari, Commodore, CPC, Electronics, Hacks, SinclairTagged hardware, mods, retrohax, retrokomp6 Comments
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 1 – Commodore 64

Extreme refurbishing: Episode 1 – Commodore 64

Posted on June 12, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a story about C64 straight from a Monster Truck

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Posted in Commodore, ExtremeTagged 3d, 64, c64, commodore, fix, hardware, hax, iec, mods, repair, retrohax, sd, sd2iec9 Comments
C16 to C64 upgrade

C16 to C64 upgrade

Posted on May 21, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or another custom work for my Norwegian friend 🙂

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SD2IEC Revisited

SD2IEC Revisited

Posted on May 11, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or finally, the project is finished

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Posted in Commodore, ElectronicsTagged 1541, 3d, 3dprinting, 64, c64, disk, hardware, hax, retro, retrohax, sd, sd2iec15 Comments
EMC CLARiiON AX4-5 storage array hax

EMC CLARiiON AX4-5 storage array hax

Posted on April 25, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or me dumb, me still winz :>

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Amstrad CPC 6128 – HxC mod

Amstrad CPC 6128 – HxC mod

Posted on April 19, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or Batman forever … forever

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Posted in Amstrad, CPCTagged 3d, 3dprinting, amstrad, cnc, cpc, emulator, floppy, hack, hardware, hxc, mods2 Comments
Various hax – part three

Various hax – part three

Posted on April 13, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… another round of small hax that I did over the past few weeks.

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Posted in 3D Printing, Commodore, Electronics, Hacks, Sinclair, UncategorizedTagged 3d, 3dprinting, 48k, c64, cnc, commodore, fix, hardware, hax, keyboard, mods, repair, retro, retrohax, speccy, spectrum, zx1 Comment
C64 ALDI – quick refurb job

C64 ALDI – quick refurb job

Posted on April 5, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a story about a C64 version sold along with potatoes back in a day

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Amiga 600 – recapping and minor fixes

Amiga 600 – recapping and minor fixes

Posted on March 27, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or dafaq is that gooey ?!

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Broken plastic? No problem!

Broken plastic? No problem!

Posted on March 6, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… hopefully …

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Posted in Amiga, Commodore, HacksTagged amiga, amstrad, atari, breadbin, commodore, cpc, fix, hardware, hax, repair, retro, schneider, spectrum, zx2 Comments
Amstrad CPC 464 – The turmoil – PART TWO

Amstrad CPC 464 – The turmoil – PART TWO

Posted on February 14, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or repairs mayhem … sort of

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Posted in Amstrad, CPCTagged amstrad, cpc, fix, hardware, hax, repair, retro, schneider7 Comments
Commodore 1541-II floppy drive refurbishing

Commodore 1541-II floppy drive refurbishing

Posted on February 2, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how to break stuff in order to repair it

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Cyclone PCB factory project

Cyclone PCB factory project

Posted on January 19, 2017February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a DIY PCB milling machine

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QuickShot QS-137F Joystick repair

QuickShot QS-137F Joystick repair

Posted on December 25, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how to simply fix a worn-out joystick

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Amiga 600 – keyboard membrane fixes

Amiga 600 – keyboard membrane fixes

Posted on December 16, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how to figure something out while figuring something out

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Posted in AmigaTagged 600, amiga, fix, hardware, hax, keyboard, retro, retrohax17 Comments
C64 – SD2IEC

C64 – SD2IEC

Posted on December 11, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a short story about a long project

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Posted in Commodore, ElectronicsTagged 1541, c64, card, commodore, hardware, iec, retro, retrohax, sd, sd2iecLeave a comment
Another day, another C64

Another day, another C64

Posted on December 4, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how to reanimate a dead breadbin case

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ZX Spectrum +2 – Blackie – PSU Hack

ZX Spectrum +2 – Blackie – PSU Hack

Posted on November 26, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how to power retro hardware with a modern PSU

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3D Printing – various prints

3D Printing – various prints

Posted on November 21, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or printing t3h stuff, ha!

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Amstrad CPC 464 – The turmoil – PART ONE

Amstrad CPC 464 – The turmoil – PART ONE

Posted on November 8, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how my Amstrad runs on youtube

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Project Mutator

Project Mutator

Posted on November 3, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or retro bash scripts FTW!

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Various hax – Part two

Various hax – Part two

Posted on October 25, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or small hax overload

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Posted in 3D Printing, Atari, Commodore, Electronics, Hacks, SinclairTagged 3d, 3dprinting, atari, c64, commodore, hardware, hax, mods, repair, retro, speccy, spectrum1 Comment
ZX Spectrum 128k +2 repairs

ZX Spectrum 128k +2 repairs

Posted on October 12, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or why u not work !?

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