Retro Computers – Page 2

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

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

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

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

Having been a Spectrum owner back in the day I never experienced the C64, but have watched numerous being fixed[…]

Diagnostics cards are an essential weapon in the retro fixers toolkit. I have quite a few different diagnostics cards for[…]

While fixing previous spectrums I bought a cheap motherboard in poor condition to use for spares. I knew it was[…]

The Dandanator mini is an expansion card for the ZX Spectrum that enables fast ROM/game loading from a pre-programmed EEPROM.[…]

On the 40th Anniversary of the ZX81 I retrieved mine from the shelf in my office and plugged it in[…]

The Z80 processor is a classic micro-processor. Originally designed in the 1970’s variants are still in production, and widely available[…]

Before getting my first ‘proper’ computer I remember having a TV console to play games on. If my memory is[…]