Retro Repair Blog and Articles
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Two ColecoVision cartridges melted together in my house fire. I cut Pit Stop free, clean its sooty fingers with a fibreglass pencil and find out if a swollen board still runs.
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A hammer left in the garden for two years goes into my ultrasonic cleaner with tap water and citric acid. Can ultrasonic cleaning really remove heavy rust?
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A ColecoVision cartridge pulled from the ashes of my house fire. I free the board, clean off the embedded soot, print a new shell and label, and see if Carnival still boots.
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An Atari 800 with a missing key gets expanded to 48K, RAM tested with a Super Salt diagnostic cartridge and a 3D printed temporary keycap. Then the original key turns up in the box.
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I fit a DA Retro switchless region free mod to a PAL Mega Drive, with a tri-colour LED and no toggle switches, then see how much 60Hz really changes.