Tim's Retro Corner

In this video I add an OctoPi and HQ Camera to my 3D printer. A 3D printer is a useful tool in any maker’s arsenal, […]

1571 Disk Drive Repair

My 1571 disk drive throws some weird errors. In this series of three videos, I attempt to repair it… Very occasionally the drive works. Mostly […]

The MiniPET 40/80 is built, we plug it in, and . . . . nothing. It doesn’t work. There’s a short on the board in […]

The second part of this MiniPet 40/80 Make focuses on the keyboard and the ICs. The keyboard is a “chiclet” style affair, that’s very much […]

In this episode I’m going to make a miniPET. Last time we unboxed the MiniPET kit computer from Tynemouth Software and The Future Was 8-Bit. […]

The first computer I owned was a Commodore 64. But before that, way before that (well okay, about three years before that), the first computer […]

Ok so it’s not really retro, but my three+ year old work Asus ROG Strix GL703 Scar is due a little TLC. I already put […]

Today we’re going to future proof my Commodore 128 from the attic. Or at least improve its chances of surviving the next 30-40 years in […]

My Commodore 128 from the attic had one small problem: no cables. Actually, two small problems: no cables and no software either. No wait, three […]

Way back in 1980, I was first introduced to the Commodore PET. I was in college, and there was a lab with a dozen machines, […]