Retro Repair Blog and Articles
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Half the keys on this SAM Coupé had stopped working. A full strip down, a deep clean and a new membrane bring it back, with some tiny dead bugs along the way.
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A recapped Game Gear with a new IPS screen and still no picture. I probe it with a scope, redo the wiring, and finally get it working in a new apple green shell.
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Use PCB soldering to adapt a Mega Drive pad to MSX
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There’s something oddly irresistible about a console that’s already been given up on. This Sega Game Gear arrived with a label: “parts donor only”. In other words, someone had already tried to fix it, failed, and decided it was better off as a donor than a device. Naturally, that makes it far more interesting. Watch…
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How I fixed my SAM Coupé drive with new belt and caps