A £95 Facebook find: the dirtiest BBC Micro I’ve ever had, plus a hobbyist dual floppy unit, a Rediffusion monitor and a box of software.
My final visit to the fire-damaged house, two months on, to salvage retro computers and games from upstairs and the loft.
Catching up on donations and pickups: a Sharp Twin Famicom, Atari carts, Neo Geo Pocket Color parts, two Spectrum +2s, a BBC Micro and an Amiga 600.
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.
A pile of donations, eBay buys and new tools opened in one go: a BBC Micro with a homebrew SD reader, two damaged CD-i players, an A600, a Spectrum 128K toast rack and a faulty 32X.