Extreme refurbishing: Episode 3 - Commodore 116
... or did I just make poor looking molded keys? . Intro Ohh yeah, Retrokomp party + my 4yo son typing on an old school computer = outcome: /Intro The »
Beeb errr ... BBC Micro restoration and upgrades
... or I just saw the best-made upgrade for it Intro Who dafaq are these guys?! :D ... and what they are doing in my garage lol? :D »
Atari - The frankenSTein series
... or I've never thought I'll ever do such transplants :) Intro I was driving back home the other day when I saw this ... A semi-trailer on a »
Various Hax- part five
... or weird stuff continues . Intro A stag-party cake for a serious Amiga fan. /intro OK, so here is the fifth part of various hax that I've »
PiSP - old project in a new skin
... or I just had few spare hours ;) . < intro > From time to time I feel a need to work on something else than refurbs and repairs, »
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 »
Sinclair ZX81 - composite mod and repairs.
... or , gee that is a tiny computer . . INTRO Poor joke time: Deciphering INTRO ... INT RO -> int RO -> Read-only integer ! YAY ! /INTRO ZX 81 If »
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 »
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 »
Amiga CDTV - just simple refurbishing
... or busy days are really busy nowadays . Intro Yes, I didn't write for a while and I don't have much to defend myself except excuses. I »
Atari 130 XE restoration and upgrade job
... or nasty SELECT key ;) Intro Some time ago one of my Norwegian friends asked me if I have a boxed Atari 130XE. He wanted this unit »
RGB2C/S - composite and s-video module
... or a "built-in modulator" for your retro thingy ;) Yes, I was away from keyboard for a while ;P The "why ?" So this idea came after I've »
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 »
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 »
C64 ALDI - quick refurb job
... or a story about a C64 version sold along with potatoes back in a day Intro This is going to be a very short post about »
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 »
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 »
C64 - SD2IEC
... or a short story about a lenghty project . First batch Why long ? because I am still working on it, but let me write how it all »
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, »