(Originally posted on Dreamwidth Jan. 8th, 2020) Oh Hey! It’s been a while.Just a quick update.So:Both my NES are now dead. Doesn’t seem to be the edge connector, although I’ll be buying a new one of those to make sure. I figure I should be able to get one or both working once I haveContinue reading “RetroComputing adventures (Repost)”
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Quick Post: I am feeling rather chuffed with myself. (Repost)
(Originally posted on Dreamwidth Jan. 10th, 2019) So if you’ve been reading this a while you’ll know I bought 3 dead C64s. I managed to get one working by cleaning the power switch. (Cleaning the switch also got the next two working closer to full completion). The second one I got working by taking theContinue reading “Quick Post: I am feeling rather chuffed with myself. (Repost)”
Even More Retro goodness (Repost)
(Originally posted on Dreamwidth Dec. 22nd, 2018) So the Pi1541 arrived and I am amazed how useful it is. It’s not 100% compatible yet, but gets better every week. I LUFF it.I’ve built the PSU for the 1541 floppy drive and that drive is currently formatting up disks in the background.The C128D monitor is fixed,Continue reading “Even More Retro goodness (Repost)”
More retro goodness (Repost)
(Originally posted on Dreamwidth Dec. 7th, 2018) Well, let’s see. I’m a LOT better at all this stuff. I have the A1200 booting, and more! It has: A proper LCD monitor that supports the wonky frequencies the Amiga uses (15KHz vertical refresh). An SD to HDD adapter, with an 8GB SD card in there pretendingContinue reading “More retro goodness (Repost)”
World of Retro (Repost)
(Originally posted on Dreamwidth Jul. 11th, 2018) What have I been up to? Well, a bit of this and a bit of that. Picked up a new hobby, BTW. What’s that? You wanna know more about my new hobby? OK. So after watching many YouTubers playing with classic computers I decided I wanted in. I’dContinue reading “World of Retro (Repost)”
First Post
This is a brand new blogsite. I’ll be bringing content across from other sites as I go forrward. So what are we doing here? Well, I had content scattered across thing such as e-mails, websites and even LinkedIn. None of it was in one place. This page will consolidate all my musings and experiences withContinue reading “First Post”
