Other Retro Hardware
Repairs and projects on rarer retro machines: Tatung Einstein, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Bandai WonderSwan, PC Engine, Exidy Sorcerer and more.
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The Penguin of Poo auction blind bag from Richard Round: Atari 2600 consoles and carts, a Philips Videopac G7000 and some genuine poo.
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A late 1970s Gakken Electronic Experimenter kit, with every component moulded into a plastic block, arrives complete with its original inserts.
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A Samsung 40 inch LCD TV that just clicks and never turns on, fixed by spotting and replacing two worn 1000uF 25V capacitors on the power board, with ESR meter results.
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A mystery package holds a broken 1982 Vectrex that blew its fuse and lost its picture. I unbox it and power it on to see what state it is in.
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A wobbly header tone means a slipping belt. I clean and flip the belt on a 1980s Cathay computer cassette deck, clean the pinch roller and heads, and set the azimuth.