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Almost at the end of this project now. Probably one more update to come after this. Check out the build diary in the projects section to see the latest update, or click continue reading below.

Some further work done on the arcade cabinet, and its first electronics test Check out the build diary in the projects section to see the latest update, or click continue reading below.

For some time now, I’ve had the HP Jornada 720 sat in my watch list on eBay. Last week, one popped up with my favourite word in the title, “FAULTY”. The description said the device was all working apart from the keyboard. This was either going to be an easy repair or something a lot […]

This weekend, a friend and I went up to the Bristol Video Game Expo and met with the Olive Twins. They were up there to give a talk about their career, which was very interesting to listen to. But before they did their talk, we bumped into them walking around the expo and had a […]

The next few hours of work have been completed, and the cabinet is coming along nicely! Check out the build diary in the projects section to see the latest update, or click continue reading below.

A bit more work on the arcade cabinet this weekend. Check out the build diary in the projects section to see the latest update, or click continue reading below.

As you may have guessed from my previous post, I’m embarking on my next project of building a full-size arcade cabinet. I’ve decided to replicate a cabinet that used the original control panel that I was given. I’ve created this in the projects section of my site and will be keeping a diary of the […]

About 1 year ago, I was gifted a couple of arcade boards and an arcade control panel by a friend of mine. Sadly, this friend has recently passed away, so I have now promoted a couple of projects involving these parts to the top of my priority list. I started by connecting up the two […]

Every now and again I like to have a move around in my retro room and possibly swap out some systems. Well I decided that to represent the Spectrum, I would get one of my 128K Spectrums connected up. I grabbed one off the shelf and plugged it all in ready to sit down and […]

Today I had a bit of spare time, so decided to take a look at a Spectrum 48K for one of my work colleagues. It had unfortunately been plugged in using an Acorn Electron PSU as he mixed up the power supplies. The Acorn Electron uses a 19v ac power supply, where as the Spectrum […]

Today was the day that the new 74LS374 arrived in the post. My first quick test was to put the new chip into my chip tester, and it confirmed the chip was ok whulst thebold one still reported faulty, so it looks like the chip tester might actually be trustworthy. I’ll be doing some more […]

Recently, a colleague at work contacted me and asked if I wanted some old computer stuff, including a 19″ CRT monitor and a colour Dot Matrix printer. This donation was gladly accepted, and whilst collecting my new toys, we found ourselves discussing various retro tech. During this conversation, he mentioned that he had a Yamaha […]