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Broken plastic? No problem!

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

… hopefully …

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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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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

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

… or a DIY PCB milling machine

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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

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

… or how to figure something out while figuring something out

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retroPC – old games anyone ?

Posted on September 20, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how to get a bluescreen from the past

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C64 Breadbin – restoration again

Posted on September 15, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a glossy keyboard attack!

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Various hax – PART ONE

Posted on September 2, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how to get overwhelmed by too many projects

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CPC 464 – Repairs and restoration

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

… or how to fail at restoring keycaps

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ZX Spectrum 48k – panel replacement

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

or how I bought ZX after 29 years.

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Atari 1040 STe a.k.a. Puzzle project

Posted on April 30, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how the shipping company did it again.

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Atari 65XE on steroids

Posted on April 27, 2016February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how I started with retro computing.

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