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 andContinue reading “Festival of Thrift Repair Café (23-09-2023)”
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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/orContinue reading “Stokesley & Villages Repair Café (12-08-2023)”
1993 Apple Macintosh Classic II Repair & Restoration
I recently got my hands my first compact Apple Macintoshes, a bundle comprising one 1991 Macintosh Classic I and two 1993 Macintosh Classic IIs, all of which were in unknown non-working condition and required repair. The Macintosh Classic II (also sold as the Performa 200) is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. Like the Macintosh SE/30, theContinue reading “1993 Apple Macintosh Classic II Repair & Restoration”
1991 Apple Macintosh Classic I Repair & Restoration
I recently got my hands my first compact Apple Macintoshes, a bundle comprising one 1991 Macintosh Classic I and two 1993 Macintosh Classic IIs, all of which were in unknown non-working condition and required repair. The Macintosh Classic was a personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. It was the first Macintosh to sell for less than $1,000. ProductionContinue reading “1991 Apple Macintosh Classic I Repair & Restoration”
1980s Pioneer SPR-30 Solar-Powered AM Radio Repair
A couple of weeks ago, I spent the bank holiday at two car boots sales – one at Stokesley Showground and one at Thirsk – and ended up buying quite a few nice pieces of kit. Amongst my purchases was a quirky AM radio, a Pioneer SPR-30 – I struggled to find anything about thisContinue reading “1980s Pioneer SPR-30 Solar-Powered AM Radio Repair”
1992 Amstrad NC100 Notepad Computer Repair
A couple of weeks ago, I spent the bank holiday at two car boots sales – one at Stokesley Showground and one at Thirsk – and ended up buying quite a few nice pieces of kit. Amongst my purchases was a 1992 Amstrad NC100 notepad computer and its original carry case. This was in reasonableContinue reading “1992 Amstrad NC100 Notepad Computer Repair”
Commodore Amiga 500/500+ Keyboard Repair
A couple of weeks ago, I was testing out some upgrades on my 1995 Commodore Amiga 500+, when the keyboard died. It would sometimes work intermittently for a minute after power-on, but for the most part it was either partially or completely dead. The keyboard in the A500 and A500+ is its own separate embeddedContinue reading “Commodore Amiga 500/500+ Keyboard Repair”
1983 NABU PC Modifications – 230V PSU, Replacement Cooling Fan, & Serial Adapter
In case you haven’t heard, the retro computer scene has been recently introduced to the NABU Personal Computer (PC) – produced between 1982 and 1984 by the NABU Network Corporation in Ottawa, Canada – when a large number (1000+) of unsold, new-old-stock, new-in-box systems were found in a warehouse, untouched for decades. The NABU (NaturalContinue reading “1983 NABU PC Modifications – 230V PSU, Replacement Cooling Fan, & Serial Adapter”
1956 Bush VHF90 Vacuum Tube Radio Restoration
A couple of months ago, I bought a vintage 1956 Bush VHF90 tube AM/FM radio set in an antique shop in Hartlepool, Kiwi Trading. The VHF90 was in reasonable physical shape, and the band switch was intact (a common problem area on these sets), however it was in unknown operating condition – the power cordContinue reading “1956 Bush VHF90 Vacuum Tube Radio Restoration”
1990 Sony Walkman WM-FX10 AM/FM Radio & Cassette Player Repair
My wife has started getting into analogue cassette tapes, after her father gave her his old tape collection – as such, I decided to buy her a Sony Walkman for her birthday this February, so she could listen to them on the move. I ended up buying an apparently “working” 1990 Sony Walkman WM-FX10 onContinue reading “1990 Sony Walkman WM-FX10 AM/FM Radio & Cassette Player Repair”