Multimeter
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A whistle-stop tour of the 13 tools I reach for most when fixing retro consoles and computers, plus a runner-up for ageing eyes.
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Building PCBGeeks’ Arduino-based dual DRAM tester and putting a batch of remarked AliExpress 4116 and 4164 chips through it.
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BennVenn’s drop-in LCD kit for the Atari Lynx II replaces twelve soldered wires with a single ribbon cable. Here’s the full install, the optional brightness wire, and how the current draw compares.
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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 rusty, dented Mega CD 1 arrives in a bag with its battery torn off and every SMD capacitor leaking. I strip it down and work out what it needs.