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Category: Retro Computers

Projects related to 80’s / 90’s retro computers

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Laptop panel recycled as Retro computer display

March 12, 2022 Gordon Pimblott Electronics, Retro Computers

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

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Atari 7800 composite mod

February 23, 2022 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

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

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C64C

C64C Refurbishment

February 23, 2022 Gordon Pimblott Commodore 64, Retro Computers

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

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Atari 2600 Woody

Atari 2600 woody “Light sixer”

January 4, 2022 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

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

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ZX81 Schemtic

ZX81 Composite PCB

November 21, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Electronics, Retro Computers, ZX81

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

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Atari 2600 Jnr #2 (pt4 – key membrane)

September 26, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Projects, Retro Computers

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

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Atari video mod

Atari 2600 Jnr #2 (pt3 – colour resistor & AV jacks)

August 30, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

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

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Atari 2600 jr being wash

Atari 2600 Jnr #2 (pt2 – wash and composite mod)

August 24, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

In part 1, I mostly ignored the Atari console as I honestly believed that it was not worth the trouble.[…]

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Atari 2600 Jnr #2 (pt1 – Testing & joysticks)

August 22, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

Retro gamers will know that all joysticks are not the same; different consoles use different pin-outs – despite having the[…]

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Atari 2600 Jnr composite mod

Atari 2600 Jnr #1 (Pt 2 – composite mod)

August 12, 2021 Gordon Pimblott Atari, Retro Computers

In part 1 I cleaned and repaired my Atari 2600 Jnr; the result looked really good but it still needed[…]

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