Retro Repair Blog and Articles
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A gifted Atari 130XE shows nothing at power on. A thermal camera finds RAM running hot enough to boil water, but replacing it wasn’t the end of the story.
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A full build guide for Robin H Edwards’ A8PicoCart: a cheap Pico-based flash multicart for the Atari 400, 800, XL and XE, from PCB order to a 3D printed case.
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Part three of the Toastrack series: the Z80 reset pin had no rise time, and the cause was a tiny trace lifted during the recap. One wire later, it lives again.
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A candid channel update: rising costs mean I have to leave my filming space and downsize, but Mark Fixes Stuff is carrying on.
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A melted ColecoVision cartridge from my house fire, with no idea what game was inside. I clean the baked-on soot from its edge fingers and switch it on to find out.