Repairs & Restorations
Step by step retro console and computer repairs: diagnosing faults, recapping, power supply repairs, cleaning up battery and fire damage, and restoring machines to working order.
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This heavily expanded Atari Falcon 030 needed a recap, a clean, tidier wiring, a fix for its dead numeric keypad and a dead RTC chip. Mayhem ensues, but it ends up running Quake.
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A Dreamcast VMU from a real barn find, covered in animal muck. I strip, sanitise and polish it, fix the loose buzzer wire and see if it still works.
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A BBC Micro power supply that released its magic blue smoke. I replace the failed Rifa X2 caps and service the whole PSU with the Retro Clinic advanced kit.
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A Panasonic 3DO that won’t read discs, caused by a cracked worm gear slipping on its shaft. I fit a 3D printed replacement and test it with Road Rash.
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A badly yellowed Amiga tank mouse from a recycling centre, some 12% peroxide cream and a facial sun lamp. Does it brighten the plastic or ruin it?