Retro Repair Blog and Articles
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A Spectrum 48K board with half its parts missing, including the ULA. In part one I look at what’s gone and the new parts from ZX Renew that make a rebuild possible.
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An Amstrad CPC 464 found on a woodland walk, sent to me unopened. I open it on camera to see how bad years outdoors have left it.
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I install BennVenn’s modern LCD in an Atari Lynx II step by step, then compare it with the original screen to see if the upgrade is worth it.
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An Atari Lynx II that won’t power on, fixed by replacing the power stage components (Q12, D13, Q7, Q8, R74) and recapping the board with a Digital Delights kit.
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Patreon questions answered: the first tool to buy for mods, whether RF shields matter, how to remove old RAM chips, and why the Game.com is my worst console.