Posts in Vintage Computers

Z80 Single Board Computer – From Junk?

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

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[…]

Dell Optiplex GX1 – Back to life?

Old DOS machine in beige? Whats not to like… Just gotta get it to work!

Commodore PC10-III – Part 5 – Flash! Ah ah!

Time to add some proper storage to this thing! Much as I love 5 1/4″ discs they[…]

Commodore PC10-III – Part 4 – Battery

Lets fix up that missing battery and make everything better!

Commodore PC10-III – Part 3 – Fan and case

Replacing a noisey fan and trying to sort the case out. The restoration continues!

Commodore PC10-III – Part 2 – XT Keyboard

I only have an AT keyboard… Gotta find something to sort that: