Extreme refurbishing: Episode 2 - Atari 800 XL - Part two
... or biznaz continues :O . intro /intro This is the second part of "Extreme refurbishing - episode 2" feat. Atari 800 XL The first part can be »
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 2 - Atari 800 XL - Part one
... or seriouz repair biznuz ;) . intro /intro Background story Welcome to episode two of extreme refurbishing. I've decided that I'll split it into two parts. There is »
Atari 1040 STFM refurb and Gotek upgrade
... or another machine goes to Norway Intro Master level! I've gotta work more and level up quickly :D /Intro I've decided that I'll finally start working »
EasyFlash3 Cart for Commodore
... or a short story about how I've made a small batch of EF3s ;) . Intro Some time ago, I've received new tools that will help with soldering »
Commodore 1541 floppy drive fixing chaos
... or fixing several 1541 drives for fun ;) . [Intro] A challenge ! [/intro] 1541 fixing chaos Part of you already knows that some time ago I've bought quite »
Various hax - part four
... or another round of weird stuff . INTRO Right now I am like ... ... but I am gonna change it to ... C64 ... 3D printed Not really a hack »
ZX Spectrum +3 - Cleaning and sound fix
... or just another story about mature hardware ;) Intro Yeah yeah, I know, I didn't write for quite a while. It was kinda hard due to prolonged »
Extreme refurbishing: Episode 1 - Commodore 64
... 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 »
SD2IEC Revisited
... 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 »
EMC CLARiiON AX4-5 storage array hax
... 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 »
Various hax - part three
... 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 »
Amiga 600 - recapping and minor fixes
... 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 »
Broken plastic ? No problem !
... 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 »
Amstrad CPC 464 - The turmoil - PART TWO
... 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 »
Commodore 1541-II floppy drive refurbishing
... 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 »
Cyclone PCB factory project
... 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 »
Amiga 600 - keyboard membrane fixes
... 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 »
Another day, another C64
... 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 »
Amstrad CPC 464 - The turmoil - PART ONE
... 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, »
Project Mutator
... 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 »
Various hax - Part two
... 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 »
ZX Spectrum 128k +2 repairs
... or why u not work !? < The story > Soooo, this is a story about little boy who was never born < /End of story :D > Mmmmkay, »
Atari 800 XL - U1M and restoration
... 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 »
Project RetroBlade - Evolution PART TWO
... 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 »
Various hax - PART ONE
... 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 »
Quick post about broken smartphone screen
... 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 »