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Atari 2600 Jnr #2 (pt2 – wash and composite mod)

In part 1, I mostly ignored this console as I honestly believed that it was not worth the trouble. It[…]

Retro gamers will know that all joysticks are not the same; different consoles use different pin-outs – despite having the[…]

In part 1 I cleaned and repaired my Atari 2600 Jnr; the result looked really good but it still needed[…]

Having been a Spectrum owner back in the day I never experienced the C64, but have watched numerous being fixed[…]

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

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

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

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

With both Spectrum’s working, I decided on a few upgrades before calling it a day. Both of the cover plates[…]

On first inspection, the Issue 2 showed a picture with the typical Spectrum coloured border and some flashing bars in[…]