Retro Repair Blog and Articles
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Ross sent me a disassembled, probably dead Amiga 500. The case, Chinon floppy drive and motherboard all look promising enough to try a revival rather than strip it for spares.
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Anthony Wildin sent me a Sega Master System II with a control pad, Sonic the Hedgehog and Olympic Gold: my first Master System, and one that needs AV output.
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A quick look at the Tenma 21-10115 temperature controlled soldering station: what’s in the box, the five pin iron, the presets and the first power on.
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A prank package from Gavin turns out to hold a ColecoVision, a stack of cartridges, controllers, the CBS power supply and a Neo Geo power adapter to fix.
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A mystery box from Sinclair Ferranti of Spectrum4Ever holds an original Xbox, an Xbox hard drive, AV cables, odd controllers and a PS3 Sixaxis.