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TEAC Tape deck rescue

Repair an old, neglected tape player? Get the orange/red incandescent display to glow again with 80’s music[…]

Data switch box up-cycling

Up-cycling an old KVM as a serial switch box. Yeah, I could buy a new one but[…]

MS-DOS and TCPIP Easy file transfer

Fast file transfer to a DOS machine… In the modern world? Without swapping discs or even getting[…]

Z80 Single Board Computer – From Junk?

A Z80 single board computer from a bang of junk and cheap PCB/IC kit? Oh yes please!

Windows – Utility scripts

A list of useful Windows scripts to help in everyday IT life

0/0 Clive Sinclair

Sad to hear of the passing of Clive Sinclair. A true visionary and responsible for allowing so[…]

Sinclair ZX81 Video mod

Adding a video mod to an old ZX81 so we don’t have to use a TV tuner!

Membrane keyboards

Fixing an old keyboard. Fingers crossed we can fix this as the XT ones, especially rare ones[…]

Commodore PC1 – Junk pile?

What? Another Commodore PC? These things are like buses, you wait for years and then two come[…]

MS-DOS and TCP/IP

File transfer on DOS and TCP/IP? ohh! Yes please!