Pimp my Ami #2 – Vanilla A500 for BooM Party

Posted on April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 by drygol

…or did I NOT pimp it at all?!

Continue reading “Pimp my Ami #2 – Vanilla A500 for BooM Party” →

#shorts – Atari XF551 floppy drive fixes

Posted on April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 by drygol

… or was it a cold solder joint again?

Continue reading “#shorts – Atari XF551 floppy drive fixes” →

Apple IIc Plus + floppy drives

Posted on March 16, 2025March 16, 2025 by drygol

… or did I start fixing by breaking?

Continue reading “Apple IIc Plus + floppy drives” →

#shorts – Enterprise 128 a quick refurb

Posted on March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 by drygol

… or a rather boring cleaning story

Continue reading “#shorts – Enterprise 128 a quick refurb” →

Apple Color Style Writer 2200

Posted on March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 by drygol

… or did I spend ages trying to fix it?

Continue reading “Apple Color Style Writer 2200” →

#shorts – CMOS battery failed – Dallas RTC module hax

Posted on March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 by drygol

… or drill baby drill :>

Continue reading “#shorts – CMOS battery failed – Dallas RTC module hax” →

#marchintosh – Macintosh PowerBook G3 battery remake

Posted on March 2, 2025March 2, 2025 by drygol

… or always get the right tool for the job

Continue reading “#marchintosh – Macintosh PowerBook G3 battery remake” →

#shorts Fixing a Sony PlayStation 1 – SCPH-1002

Posted on February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 by drygol

… or it wasn’t that extreme after all

Continue reading “#shorts Fixing a Sony PlayStation 1 – SCPH-1002” →

Using old iPad screens with MiSTer and retro machines

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

…or, how to replace your whole game room with one gadget :>

Continue reading “Using old iPad screens with MiSTer and retro machines” →

The mouSTer project – 30.12.2024 UPDATE

Posted on December 30, 2024February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or moving production in-house

Continue reading “The mouSTer project – 30.12.2024 UPDATE” →

The Commodore COLT resto job

Posted on August 10, 2024February 26, 2025 by drygol

…or, surprisingly pleasant restoration

Continue reading “The Commodore COLT resto job” →

Vacuum forming keyboards – the outcome

Posted on July 13, 2024February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or building the ultimate colored keyboard

Continue reading “Vacuum forming keyboards – the outcome” →

The Kryoflux build … twice

Posted on June 5, 2024February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or as usual, I am writing a post of a build that happened long ago … so I don’t recall everything :/

Continue reading “The Kryoflux build … twice” →

#MARCHintosh – 4x Mac SE

Posted on March 18, 2024February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or how I forgot to take all the pics again

Continue reading “#MARCHintosh – 4x Mac SE” →

Atari 600 XL – Restoration to stock

Posted on February 17, 2024February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or simply, nothing fancy

Continue reading “Atari 600 XL – Restoration to stock” →

Atari 1020 Plotter – plotting pens replacement

Posted on February 2, 2024February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or GEL PENS to the rescue

Continue reading “Atari 1020 Plotter – plotting pens replacement” →

#DOScember – Gulipin PC 386DX

Posted on December 23, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or I wanted to play GODS again 🙂

Continue reading “#DOScember – Gulipin PC 386DX” →

#SHORTS Modding Atari 130XE for Ajcek/Lamers

Posted on November 29, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

…or simply a short pictorial

Continue reading “#SHORTS Modding Atari 130XE for Ajcek/Lamers” →

Wico Boss joystick hax

Posted on November 19, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or modding FTW!

Continue reading “Wico Boss joystick hax” →

Website update

Posted on November 17, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or changes, changes, changes

Continue reading “Website update” →

Three Amiga CDTV fixing spree

Posted on November 12, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or maybe 2.5x

Continue reading “Three Amiga CDTV fixing spree” →

2x Apple IIc restoration and mods

Posted on October 20, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or my first dive into Apple II

Continue reading “2x Apple IIc restoration and mods” →

#Shorts – Nintendo Wii controllers fixes

Posted on September 19, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or what I was thinking?!

Continue reading “#Shorts – Nintendo Wii controllers fixes” →

Pimp my Ami #1 – Fluo

Posted on July 19, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

…or Hydroxide discoveries 🙂

Continue reading “Pimp my Ami #1 – Fluo” →

Commodore floppy drive fixing chaos – Episode II

Posted on June 22, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or bashing the wall again :/

Continue reading “Commodore floppy drive fixing chaos – Episode II” →

#SHORTS Atari ST warped case

Posted on June 16, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or at least I tried

Continue reading “#SHORTS Atari ST warped case” →

Atari 400 mods

Posted on June 13, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or I just wanted to play RiverRaid 😉

Continue reading “Atari 400 mods” →

Restoring dot-matrix printer ribbon cartridges

Posted on May 26, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or that’s the way you hack ’em!

Continue reading “Restoring dot-matrix printer ribbon cartridges” →

Amiga 500 – RAM hax

Posted on May 24, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or I would like to think it is ultimate but it’s lame instead 😀

Continue reading “Amiga 500 – RAM hax” →

Ultimate64 – a C64 from scratch

Posted on May 16, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or nearly from scratch 😉

Continue reading “Ultimate64 – a C64 from scratch” →

#SHORTS – ZX 81 Keyboard membrane swap

Posted on April 28, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

…or “have a nice key” 😉

Continue reading “#SHORTS – ZX 81 Keyboard membrane swap” →

Amiga CD32 + TF330

Posted on April 3, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a great combo … isn’t it?

Continue reading “Amiga CD32 + TF330” →

#Marchintosh – 2x Macintosh Classic

Posted on March 26, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or 1.5x Mac Classic cuz I forgot to take pics :/

Continue reading “#Marchintosh – 2x Macintosh Classic” →

#SHORTS – DIY PSU for Atari XL/XE series

Posted on February 16, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a nicely looking PSU for your 8-bit Atari

Continue reading “#SHORTS – DIY PSU for Atari XL/XE series” →

Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract – Final part

Posted on February 4, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or is it possible with that project? :>

Continue reading “Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract – Final part” →

#SHORTS – The mouSTer project – 31.01.2023 UPDATE

Posted on January 31, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or long-awaited firmware hax

Continue reading “#SHORTS – The mouSTer project – 31.01.2023 UPDATE” →

Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 6

Posted on January 22, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or still not the end

Continue reading “Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 6” →

#SHORTS – DIY SIO2PC for 8-bit Atari

Posted on January 5, 2023February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or that was easier than I’d thought

Continue reading “#SHORTS – DIY SIO2PC for 8-bit Atari” →

Beast64 project – PART TWO

Posted on December 10, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or OMG, even more add-ons

Continue reading “Beast64 project – PART TWO” →

#SHORTS – Sinclair ZX Printer

Posted on December 8, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or 3D printing FTW! … again.

Continue reading “#SHORTS – Sinclair ZX Printer” →

Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 5

Posted on November 2, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

…or are you done yet?

Continue reading “Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 5” →

#SHORTS – Amiga 500 PSU modding

Posted on October 21, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or don’t trust the ground 😉

Continue reading “#SHORTS – Amiga 500 PSU modding” →

Beast64 project – PART ONE

Posted on October 14, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or OMG so many add-ons again

Continue reading “Beast64 project – PART ONE” →

Website update

Posted on September 27, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or it took quite a while

Continue reading “Website update” →

Mechboard64 – the perfect keyboard for your C64

Posted on September 1, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or I didn’t know it will be soooo cool journey 😉

Continue reading “Mechboard64 – the perfect keyboard for your C64” →

#SHORTS – Atari 1027 Printer – The ‘Revive1027’ project

Posted on August 25, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or printing a printer part so it can print again 😀

Continue reading “#SHORTS – Atari 1027 Printer – The ‘Revive1027’ project” →

Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 4

Posted on July 28, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

…or the chaos is overwhelming

Continue reading “Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 4” →

#SHORTS – ROM adapter hax

Posted on July 11, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

… or a cool tool to revive your old machine

Continue reading “#SHORTS – ROM adapter hax” →

RadioShack TRS-80 Model 4P

Posted on June 15, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

…or maybe just TEA ARE ASS EIGHTY FTW!!!one!!eleven!

Continue reading “RadioShack TRS-80 Model 4P” →

#shorts – Commodore 1084 monitor – front panel latch hack

Posted on May 5, 2022February 26, 2025 by drygol

Continue reading “#shorts – Commodore 1084 monitor – front panel latch hack” →