I few months ago, a friend of mine asked me to take a look at their 1980s Tandy TRS-80 Model III, a unit with level II BASIC, 48KB RAM, and dual 5.25″ disk drives. They had bought it sold-as-seen assumed non-working online and had it imported from the USA, so it was a 110V machineContinue reading “1981 Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III Repair”
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1950s English Electric 2750S Heated Serving Tray Repair & Restoration
A slightly different post to the usual ones! If you’re a regular reader, you’ll already know that I volunteer monthly at a local repair café 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 localContinue reading “1950s English Electric 2750S Heated Serving Tray Repair & Restoration”
1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Restoration & Modifications
I recently bought my first Super Nintendo Entertainment System from a vintage toys and games market in Houghton-Le-Spring, as I’d been after one for a while. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The console introduced advanced graphics and soundContinue reading “1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Restoration & Modifications”
1958 Marconi T69DA Vacuum Tube Radio Restoration
A couple of months ago, I bought a vintage 1958 Marconi T69DA tube AM/FM radio set in an antique shop in Marske-by-the-Sea, Vintage by the Sea. The T69DA was in good physical shape, however it was in unknown operating condition. The T69DA is a reasonably simple mains-powered six-tube superheterodyne radio receiver, with a channel switchContinue reading “1958 Marconi T69DA Vacuum Tube Radio Restoration”
1992 Acorn Archimedes 3010 Repair & Restoration
Earlier in 2024, I bought a large lot of very interesting vintage electronics – including test gear, computers, and audio equipment – which belonged to a local electronics engineer, who had sadly passed away quite recently, and whose family wanted it to go to a good home. Among this was a very nice Acorn ArchimedesContinue reading “1992 Acorn Archimedes 3010 Repair & Restoration”
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”
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!”
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”