Retro Repair Blog and Articles
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A Commodore 64 with no sound gets diagnosed, a SID swap brings the voice back, and a SwinSID Nano gets a disappointing listening test.
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Part 2 of the Spectrum 128K toastrack fix: building the ByteDelight ZX Diagnostics Cart kit and testing a faulty machine that passes everything with the cart fitted.
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A much loved Spectrum 128K toastrack gets its botched recap undone and a fresh set of capacitors. My desoldering station dies, a patron comes to the rescue, but the machine still isn’t fixed.
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A $17 junk Bandai WonderSwan had a burnt polariser and an almost invisible screen. I strip the old film, clean the LCD and fit a new polariser cut on a Cricut.
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Tomlov sent me their DM601 HDMI digital microscope, so I put it to work inspecting a fire-damaged, ultrasonic-cleaned Amiga A600 board for lifted pads and leakage damage.