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Build number tracking in DOS

Automatically incrementing build numbers in DOS

VIC-20 Fix and clean-up notes

Fixing and cleaning a VIC-20 that needs some love to bring it back to action!

NEC 8201A – CMOS Battery

Add a nicer battery to a NEC 8201A portable computer and sort the bad design decision made[…]

Oddball tech – A tiny computer with big burn-in

A little computer with deep burn-in and hidden surprises!

Virtual Tape Recorder for retro computers

A virtual tape recorder with remote function on a PC? Sounds good!

Oric games – Tape load times and ranking

A ranking of Oric tape games, loading times and difficulty rating (From someone terrible at video games!)[…]

SRAM 4164 Testing

Got a bunch of 4164 chips and an Arduino Nano? Why not get them together for some

BBC Basic – Tips 1

Some more BBC Basic tips to handle SLEEP and Keyboard buffer

Bench power socket

A simple bench top power socket with anti static connection point.

BBC Basic Optimise 3

More testing of BBC code. PROC, GOSUB and LOCAL this time…

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