Repair & Tutorials
Written at the bench. Tested before it’s published.
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Recapping a breadbin C64 without lifting a pad
Every breadbin C64 that has sat in a loft since the Major government is running on electrolytics well…
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Rebuilding a Commodore brick PSU so it stops killing RAM
The Commodore “brick” PSU has a well-earned nickname in the retro community: the kill brick. When the 5V…
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Replacing the Spectrum’s dead-flesh keyboard membrane
The Spectrum’s rubber keyboard gets a lot of stick, and most of it’s fair — but the actual…
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Recapping an Amiga 500 before it eats its own traces
If your Amiga 500 hasn’t been recapped, it needs to be — not “might”, needs to. The small…
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Telling CTIA and GTIA apart on an Atari 800XL
Not every “repair” on an old machine involves a soldering iron. If your 800XL won’t run a piece…