The Minstrel4D is a kit computer. It’s compatible with, although not a clone of, the Jupiter Ace, a British micro computer from 1982. The kit […]
Continue readingAmiga 600 Drive Repair (attempt)
In this video I’m continuing to restore my Amiga 600. I have two objectives: 1, repair the floppy drive, and 2, retrobright the case. The […]
Continue readingAmiga 600 Recap
Yes, I’ve been at the eBays again! This time I got hold of an “untested” Amiga 600. It looks to be in reasonable cosmetic condition. […]
Continue readingBuilding a Pi 1541 for the Commodore 64
The PI 1541 is a modern cycle-exact emulator for the venerable Commodore 1541 disk drive. It emulates everything: the 6502 CPU, the two 6522 VIAs… […]
Continue readingAmiga 500+ Repair… take 2
I’ve already had one crack at it, so it’s time to take another. This Amiga 500 Plus has suffered some battery damage. On the face […]
Continue readingLet’s make a PCB!
What do you do when you can no longer get that PCB you desperately need? You make one! Thanks to https://www.pcbway.com for sponsoring this video, […]
Continue readingCommodore 128 Keyboard Repair
(AKA “Fix that Flippin’ Faulty ‘F’ Key!”) While testing ICs in my 1541 for the last video, I noticed that the ‘F’ key on the […]
Continue readingCommodore SFD 1001 Floppy Teardown and Repair Part 3
Last time we powered on the SFD 1001 floppy drive and discovered that it didn’t work. At least it did work a little bit – […]
Continue readingThe M2 MacBook AIRmiga
AKA emulating an Amiga on the latest Apple Silicon MacBook Everybody and his dog has been installing Amiga emulators. They’re installed on Windows PCs based […]
Continue readingCommodore SFD 1001 Floppy Teardown and Repair Part 2
In this video we continue the floppy drive repair that we started last week. The SFD 1001 is an interesting drive. It was one of […]
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