A friend of mine who I’ve done several repairs for in the past recently trusted me with a rather rare, and very poorly, Acorn A4 laptop. The A4 was an early laptop and the only one that Acorn ever made – it was effectively an Archimedes 5000 squashed into a portable case, including an 1800mAhContinue reading “1992 Acorn A4 Laptop Repair, Restoration, & Modifications”
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2001 Sony PlayStation 2 Upgrades – Free MCBoot, Network Adapter, 1TB HDD
A couple of years ago I repaired my wife’s childhood Sony PlayStation 2, which had stopped reading discs (as discussed in another blog post). This was a temporary fix for the worn out laser, so I wanted to do some modifications to bypass the need to use the optical drive for the most part, including:Continue reading “2001 Sony PlayStation 2 Upgrades – Free MCBoot, Network Adapter, 1TB HDD”
2003 Microsoft Xbox (Original) Upgrades – OpenXenium, 1TB SSD, 128MB RAM, and XboxHD+
I bought a non-working 2003 Microsoft Xbox a couple of years ago, which I fixed at the time (as discussed in another blog post). After a while of using it stock, I wanted to do some modifications to bring it a bit further into the 21st century, including: I also wanted to perform some preventativeContinue reading “2003 Microsoft Xbox (Original) Upgrades – OpenXenium, 1TB SSD, 128MB RAM, and XboxHD+”
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 inContinue reading “1995 SEGA Saturn Repair & Restoration”
1991 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Repair, Restoration, & Modification
My lovely wife kindly bought me my first Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) for my birthday back in 2023. The NES is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console, first released in Japan in 1983 as the Famicom, then to the rest of the world in 1985 as a redesigned version: the NES. After developing aContinue reading “1991 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Repair, Restoration, & Modification”
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 useContinue reading “1996 Nintendo 64 Repair, Restoration, & Modification”
1992 SEGA Master System II 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 SEGA Master System II. The SEGA Master System II is as a cost-reduced version of the original Master System, with several components removed to reduce cost: the Sega Card slot (used for flatContinue reading “1992 SEGA Master System II Restoration & Modification”
1992 SEGA Game Gear 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 SEGA Game Gear. The SEGA Game Gear is an 8-bit fourth-generation handheld game console, which primarily competed with Nintendo’s Game Boy, the Atari Lynx, and NEC’s TurboExpress. It shares much of its hardwareContinue reading “1992 SEGA Game Gear Repair, Restoration, & Modification”
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 yourContinue reading “Farewell to 2023!”
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 radiosContinue reading “1958 Ever Ready “Sky Countess” Vacuum Tube Radio Repair & Restoration”