Welcome to Adam’s Vintage Computer Restorations.
My name is Adam Wilson. I’m an electronics engineer, and for the past few years I’ve been collecting, repairing, and restoring vintage computers and other electronics in my spare time.
I’ve created this website to document my repairs and restorations in an accessible manner for anyone who may be interested.
Latest from the Blog
1999 Gateway GP7-500 PC & EV700 CRT Display Repair & Restoration
Early last year, I bought a very nice 1999 Gateway GP7-500 PC and matching EV700 17″ VGA CRT display from someone fairly local who got in touch with me via my website. This had been plugged in on a desk in his loft since he got it back in 1999 along with the rest of…
1980 Sharp MZ-80K Repair & Restoration
A few weeks ago I picked up a small haul of vintage computers fairly locally from someone who got in touch with me via my website, including a Sharp MZ-80K in its original box – these are pretty cool computers and I’ve been after getting one for a little while. The computer was in good…
1994 Panasonic 3DO (FZ-1) Repair & Restoration
Last year, a friend of mine very kindly gave me my first Panasonic 3DO, an FZ-1 model, in good physical condition but unknown operational condition – it had been stored in a loft for several years. I hadn’t actually seen one of these in-person before. The Pansonic 3DO is are fairly uncommon, although you can…
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