Repair & Tutorials
Written at the bench. Tested before it’s published.
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Recapping a breadbin C64 without lifting a pad
Recapping a breadbin Commodore 64 means replacing every aluminium electrolytic capacitor on the motherboard with a new one…
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Rebuilding a Commodore brick PSU so it stops killing RAM
The original Commodore 64 power supply can fail by sending more than 5 V into the computer, and…
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Replacing the Spectrum’s dead-flesh keyboard membrane
A ZX Spectrum with dead keys usually has a damaged keyboard membrane or a broken ribbon tail, not…
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Recapping an Amiga 500 before it eats its own traces
An Amiga 500 needs two separate checks: the capacitors and the battery. On Rev 5, 6 and 6A…
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Telling CTIA and GTIA apart on an Atari 800XL
CTIA and GTIA are the two graphics chips used in Atari’s 8-bit computers. The GTIA replaced the CTIA…