Finishing my ZX Spectrum Emulator with Gemini 3 Pro
TLDR I dusted off my shelved C++ ZX Spectrum emulator project from two years ago.[…]
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Category: Retro Computers
Projects related to 80’s / 90’s retro computers
Efficient RAM Testing: My Pico DRAM Tester Review
Discusses the importance of testing dead RAM chips in retro computers and shares their experience building several testers, particularly the Pico DRAM Tester. They highlight the challenges faced, modifications made for improved functionality, and ultimately recommend the Pico tester as a cost-effective and efficient solution.
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Restore your Amiga: Power Supply, Memory, and Floppy Drive
Over the last few weeks have been working towards the refurbishing of my 2 Commodore[…]
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Upgrading an Amiga Power Supply
Like many retro computers the Amiga 500 has an external power brick – all of[…]
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Amiga 500 Motherboard Memory Upgrade
Installing on motherboard memory upgrade to an Amiga 500
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Installing FlashFloppy on a Gotek drive
Looking through my previous blogs you might have seen me install Gotek drives into various[…]
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Spectrum+ with bad RAM and M1 line
The Spectrum+ is my preferred model (until I get a toast-rack), it’s keyboard is still[…]
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Atari ST FM TOS 1.04 ROM Upgrade
The Atari STFM I have been working on has TOS 1.02 installed on two ROMS[…]
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Atari 1029 Dot Matrix printer
I recently purchased an Atari 1029 printer to add to my growing collection of Atari[…]
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Atari ST 520 – Flash floppy install
After upgrading the memory in my previous blog the final step was to install a[…]
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