… or that’s the way you hack ’em!
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Amiga 500 – RAM hax
… or I would like to think it is ultimate but it’s lame instead 😀
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Ultimate64 – a C64 from scratch
… or nearly from scratch 😉
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#SHORTS – ZX 81 Keyboard membrane swap
…or “have a nice key” 😉
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Amiga CD32 + TF330
… or a great combo … isn’t it?
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#Marchintosh – 2x Macintosh Classic
… or 1.5x Mac Classic cuz I forgot to take pics :/
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#SHORTS – DIY PSU for Atari XL/XE series
… or a nicely looking PSU for your 8-bit Atari
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Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract – Final part
… or is it possible with that project? :>
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#SHORTS – The mouSTer project – 31.01.2023 UPDATE
… or long-awaited firmware hax
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#SHORTS – DIY SIO2PC for 8-bit Atari
… or that was easier than I’d thought
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Beast64 project – PART TWO
… or OMG, even more add-ons
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Mechboard64 – the perfect keyboard for your C64
… or I didn’t know it will be soooo cool journey 😉
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#SHORTS – Atari 1027 Printer – The ‘Revive1027’ project
… or printing a printer part so it can print again 😀
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Enterprise 64 – repairs and modding
… or Egyptian adventure
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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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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
Two times GOTEK powered Amstrad CPC 6128 please.
… or quick and clean way to make a cool CPCs
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Commodore 128 – mods
… or adventures of a lame modder
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 3 – Commodore 116
… or did I just make poor-looking molded keys?
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Beeb errr … BBC Micro restoration and upgrades
… or I just saw the best-made upgrade for Beeb
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Atari – The frankenSTein series
… or I’ve never thought I’ll ever do such transplants 🙂
Various Hax- part five
… or weird stuff continues
3 Amigos … err Amigas – immersion printing
… or HydroGraphics to the rescue!
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Atari 1040 STFM refurb and Gotek upgrade
… or another machine goes to Norway
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
Amiga CDTV – just simple refurbishing
… or busy days are really busy nowadays
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 😉
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 1 – Commodore 64
… or a story about C64 straight from a Monster Truck
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SD2IEC Revisited
… or finally, the project is finished
Amstrad CPC 6128 – HxC mod
… or Batman forever … forever
Various hax – part three
… another round of small hax that I did over the past few weeks.
Amiga 600 – recapping and minor fixes
… or dafaq is that gooey ?!
Amstrad CPC 464 – The turmoil – PART TWO
… or repairs mayhem … sort of
Commodore 1541-II floppy drive refurbishing
… or how to break stuff in order to repair it
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Cyclone PCB factory project
… or a DIY PCB milling machine
QuickShot QS-137F Joystick repair
… or how to simply fix a worn-out joystick