Gordon Pimblott

BBC Micro #3 (Caps, sound and colour)

Mainboard capacitors After completely recapping the power supply I decided to change the electrolytic caps on the main board, there[…]

With the Beeb working I couldn’t help but want to play some games (even before the big clean). There are[…]

I have fond memories of the BBC micro. I started programming on the ZX spectrum, but it was the BBC[…]

I like to have a display attached to my workbench to test the retro computers and consoles that I am[…]

I already own a few Atari 2600’s but was keeping my eye out for others in the range, then this[…]

The latest addition to my collection is a very nice C64. I bought it off eBay from a charity (which[…]

Following a couple of successful Atari 2600 junior repairs, and given how much I enjoyed playing Atari games, I wanted[…]

I have a couple of ZX81’s both of which have been modded to output composite video. With the first one[…]

If you have followed the previous three posts then you will know that I have been cleaning and fixing an[…]

With the basic console working – I guessed the colour fix was likely to be the variable resistor that fine-tunes[…]