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  • Commodore PC1 – Junk pile?
  • Commodore PC10-III
  • Commodore PC10-III – Part 2 – XT Keyboard
  • Commodore PC10-III – Part 3 – Fan and case
  • Commodore PC10-III – Part 4 – Battery
  • Commodore PC10-III – Part 5 – Flash! Ah ah!
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  • Mac Plus Keyboard repair – Pt2
  • Mac PowerBook – Universal power supply
  • Macintosh Plus – Rescue – Part 1
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  • Macintosh Plus – Upgrade
  • Macintosh Plus – Rescue – Part 3
  • Marantz CD4000 dim display repair
  • Membrane keyboards
  • Motorhome – Leisure Battery
  • MS-DOS and TCP/IP
  • MS-DOS and TCPIP Easy file transfer
  • NEC 8201A – CMOS Battery
  • Oddball – Floppy drives
  • Oddball tech – A tiny computer with big burn-in
  • Oric games – Tape load times and ranking
  • Oric Tape – Game recovery
  • PC to Dos to Mac software transfer
  • Retro Gaming – Dungeon Raider (BBC Micro)
  • Score Master
  • Sinclair ZX81 Video mod
  • Software and Utilities
  • SRAM 4164 Testing
  • TCP Socket Client/Server Program
  • TEAC Tape deck rescue
  • test title
  • Texas Instruments Silent 700 Serial Terminal
  • VIC-20 Fix and clean-up notes
  • Vintage Computers
  • Virtual Tape Recorder
  • VMX-2000 AV mixer – with magic smoke!
  • Windows – Utility scripts
  • Wyse Terminal – An amber raspberry
  • Z80 Single Board Computer – From Junk?

Category: Sound and Video

Virtual Tape Recorder for retro computers

Jan 12, 2024adminSound and Video, Vintage Computers

A virtual tape recorder with remote function on a PC? Sounds good!

Marantz CD4000 dim display repair

Nov 20, 2023adminSound and Video

We take a look at a Marantz CD4000 with a very dim display. Dim as in WAY too dim to read. If you jam your face up against the screen and switch the lights off you get something so it is ‘working’ but it is impossible to use. So what is to be done?

B/W Portal TV to Monitor conversion

Jul 27, 2022adminSound and Video, Vintage Computers

A small black and white monitor… Left for dead in a dusty garage? Is there a new life possible?

Kef Cadenza – 70s classic!

Jun 30, 2022adminSound and Video

Big out a classic speaker and see if they still rock!

TEAC Tape deck rescue

Feb 2, 2022adminSound and Video

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!

VMX-2000 AV mixer – with magic smoke!

Jul 21, 2021adminSound and Video
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