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Fixing a TV Stand With 3D Printing
I have recently acquired two Sony KDL-15G2000 TVs, one via eBay and one via a local auction. These are great 4:3 LCD TVs for use with vintage computers. Unfortunately a piece was missing from the eBay one, which meant it couldn’t stand up properly. Read more
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Amiga 600: Retro Restoration
Every week I check the local auction websites to see if there are any interesting vintage computer related things to bid on. This time around, there was a lot, including an Amiga 600. So, let’s take a look. Read more
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Weird Amiga 1200 Issue Repaired
In the last week, an Amiga 1200 was dropped off at my workshop to be repaired. That isn’t unusual, but the faults were unusual enough that I thought I should blog about them. Read more
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Modifying a PC floppy drive to work inside an Amiga 500
My Amiga 500 Plus no longer has an internal floppy drive. It was given away months ago to help another Amiga user. I needed to replace it, and I realised that I’m completely out of Amiga floppy drives. So, I decided to see if I could convert a PC one to fit. Here is the… Read more
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Yet Another BBC Micro: Retro Restoration
In the town I live, there is a small auction house which every week puts up their list of items for the next auction on their website. I check this every week just in case there are any computers in there that I would be interested in. This week there was, so I put in… Read more
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More BBC Micro Repairs
Last weekend I started the first of a four-part course teaching children to program on the BBC Micro. Of course, when dealing with 40 year old hardware being used all day, something could go wrong. A couple of minor things did fail, so this post is about what happened and how I solved them. Read more
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