Old computers from the 70s and 80s to today
At the end of January, I pre-ordered my first 3D printer, an Anycubic Kobra X, and used the waiting time to look for an open-source (or free for non-commercial use) CAD application, as well as ordering a few spools of filament. I started with two spools of PLA+, two of PETG and one of TPU. [ ]
This article showcases some of the work I have done on various Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers. It is part of my ongoing efforts to repair, restore or modify the pieces I have collected over the years. Keyboard connector repair A friend gave me this motherboard a few years ago; it had been stored in a [ ]
I bought this computer from the son of a retired dealer and repairman at my usual market in November 2011. I remember visiting his father s shop in the late 1980s and buying a copy of GEOS for the Commodore 64. However, I m still undecided about whether to continue going to the monthly Sunday market, as [ ]
This article covers all three of the 3.5 external floppy drives produced by Commodore for the Amiga line of computers. The external floppy drive Amiga 1010 was marketed alongside the Commodore Amiga 1000 in 1985. As with all early Amiga peripherals, there is no Commodore logo on the case. The Amiga 1011 was completely redesigned [ ]
A few years ago, I experienced a water leak in my basement after several consecutive days of heavy rain. To prevent the moisture from damaging them, I brought a couple of items home. One of these items was the 8050 drive, which is the subject of this article and was given to me by my [ ]
As I m now short on space for all my retro stuff, I m focusing on maintaining and repairing what I already have or looking for small items. I recently bought a pair of non-working Nintendo DSi XLs with the intention of repairing them; the price obviously reflected the consoles‘ condition. The seller wrote in the ad [ ]
This console, with a few games, cost me 50,000 Lire in 1998 (before the Euro), which is about 36€ or 41$ today. At that time there were a few classified magazines: in the beginning you had to pay for them, then came the free ones, then came the internet… and all those magazines disappeared like [ ]
I was familiar with a couple of variants of this console: the original Japanese PC Engine from 1987 and the American version from 1989 called TurboGrafx-16. I have the version intended for the European market, simply called TurboGrafx, from 1990: it was based on the American model, with a few adjustments to make it work [ ]
I received the two computers as a gift from Enrico S. in 2011. The inspiration for this article came from a message I received from the contact form: Hi, I don t see the various Amstrad CPC464, 664 and 6128. I only found a reference in a Sinclair post. Am I wrong? So I pulled the [ ]
I have a lot of non working Macintosh computers, and they ve been sitting on the shelves of my lab room and cellar for too much time; since I m out of space for new computers at the moment, I decided that I must focus on repairing what I got. I ve started with a pile of different [ ]