Category: Repair

Some big success today. The MSX from my pickups video was not working (half the keys wouldn’t work/wouldn’t load from cassette). I spent a day stripping the ALPS

A new format for me in this *very* short video on how to test a 7805 regulator in a ZX Spectrum 48k. Although the regulator is different in

Another package opening – a kind donation from Mr Scott Goodman!

In this HD video I demonstrate how to recognise a typical solder joint that has gone dry and cracked, and then show how to repair the problem with

The package has been deployed via Monkey and will be taking a fairly leisurely trip to Germany. It’s been repaired and tested to within an inch of its

I went to the post office yesterday to post a retro package to Germany. They wanted £22.86 to send a moderately small item. Resigned to the rip-off I

Just a quick update on some fast-fixes that didn’t make it into videos as they were too boring, not useful or not complete enough to be helpful… –

In this episode, a very angry Mark fixes a dodgy Sinclair Spectrum Plus keyboard membrane after an ebay seller pretty much lied to him. GRRRRRRRRR!!!! Much fist shaking

Here’s a quick one – a single image showing a completed composite modification on a spectrum 48k (actually a 48k plus). There will be a video to come,

This is a very short video showing me enabling colour on the Acorn Electron vintage microcomputer. For some reason that I can’t fathom, the video out port is