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This is my day-to-day blog about my work with vintage computer equipment, including additions to my collection and any repairs or restorations I’ve performed.

Collection

1995 SEGA Saturn Repair & Restoration

My lovely wife kindly bought me six vintage games consoles for Christmas 2023, all in unknown or non-working condition, including my first SEGA Saturn. The Saturn is a fifth-generation home video game console developed by SEGA, the successor to the Mega Drive. The Saturn has a dual-CPU architecture and eight processors. Its games are in…

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Collection

1996 Nintendo 64 Repair, Restoration, & Modification

My lovely wife kindly bought me six vintage games consoles for Christmas 2023, all in unknown or non-working condition, including my first Nintendo 64. The Nintendo 64 is a home video game console developed by Nintendo – the successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), it was the last major home console to use…

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Miscellaneous

Farewell to 2023!

As the year 2023 draws to a close, I wanted to thank all of you – viewers, subscribers, supporters, and those who have bought anything from me, had anything repaired/serviced by me, or donated/sold anything to me – for making 2023 a great year. I’m sending all of my best wishes to you and your…

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Collection

1958 Ever Ready “Sky Countess” Vacuum Tube Radio Repair & Restoration

A couple of months ago, I bought a vintage 1958 Ever Ready “Sky Countess” vacuum tube AM radio set in an antique shop in Norton, Bailey’s Vintage Supplies. The “Sky Countess” is a portable battery-powered four-tube superheterodyne radio receiver, with a channel switch (AM medium-wave and AM long-wave) and internal AM antenna. Battery-powered tube radios…

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Repair

Festival of Thrift Repair Café (23-09-2023)

On Saturday 23rd September 2023, I volunteered at a repair café in Billingham Library, which was hosted by Newcastle “Fix it Café” as part of the 2023 “Festival of Thrift”. I volunteered as support alongside several other members of Climate Action Stokesley & Villages (CASaV), a group who aim to help communities in Stokesley and…

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Repair Cafe

Stokesley & Villages Repair Café (12-08-2023)

On Saturday 12th August, I volunteered at a repair café in Stokesley Globe Community Library, which was hosted by Climate Action Stokesley & Villages (CASaV), a group who aim to help communities in Stokesley and the surrounding villages to take action on climate change by supporting and developing local initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and/or…

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