HP 4952A Protocol Analyzer – Repair
Rapairing the old HP unit… Will it do anything or is it a brick?
HP 4952A Protocol Analyzer – Trash to Treasure?
HP Protocol Analyzer. It is too cute to die or have the shed bugs got the better of it?
TEAC Tape deck rescue
Repair an old, neglected tape player? Get the orange/red incandescent display to glow again with 80’s music and perhaps 80’s programs? Yes please!
Data switch box up-cycling
Up-cycling an old KVM as a serial switch box. Yeah, I could buy a new one but got it in a draw and why not? It is mechanical, passive and in a beige box!
MS-DOS and TCPIP Easy file transfer
Fast file transfer to a DOS machine… In the modern world? Without swapping discs or even getting up? Yea please!
Z80 Single Board Computer – From Junk?
A Z80 single board computer from a bang of junk and cheap PCB/IC kit? Oh yes please!
Windows – Utility scripts
A list of useful Windows scripts to help in everyday IT life
0/0 Clive Sinclair
Sad to hear of the passing of Clive Sinclair. A true visionary and responsible for allowing so many to access computers. My first one was my faithful ZX81 which I treasure. Odd that the last post was adding a video mod to it to keep it working for longer. Let us remember him for his…
Sinclair ZX81 Video mod
Adding a video mod to an old ZX81 so we don’t have to use a TV tuner!
Membrane keyboards
Fixing an old keyboard. Fingers crossed we can fix this as the XT ones, especially rare ones like the Commodore, is hard to find and expensive!