Retro Computers – Page 4

C64 Diagnostics Cards

Diagnostics cards are an essential weapon in the retro fixers toolkit. I have quite a few different diagnostics cards for[…]

While fixing previous spectrums I bought a cheap motherboard in poor condition to use for spares. I knew it was[…]

The Dandanator mini is an expansion card for the ZX Spectrum that enables fast ROM/game loading from a pre-programmed EEPROM.[…]

On the 40th Anniversary of the ZX81, I retrieved mine from the shelf in my office and plugged it in[…]

The Z80 processor is a classic microprocessor. Originally designed in the 1970’s variants are still in production, and are widely[…]

Before getting my first ‘proper’ computer I remember having a TV console to play games on. If my memory is[…]

My first Sinclair calculator to add to the collection, is a Sinclair Cambridge from 1973, as with most things from[…]

In my younger days, I was lucky enough to own a BBC B Microcomputer (to give it its full name)[…]

The latest addition to my Sinclair collection is a Sinclair Oxford 200 v1 from 1975. It wasn’t in too bad[…]

After the well-known ‘rubber keyed’ Spectrum came the ZX Spectrum+. I never encountered one during my childhood, probably because they[…]