Kev Armstrong

It’s probably rotted away the ICs as there is no membrane to rot away. Classic Spectrum.

The way I see it is that it's cheaper than the real thing and possibly easier to store, and hopefully at least half as good.

I couldn't resist. I tried.

Cleaning and testing Famicom cartridges is a nice relaxing change when the day has been long and somewhat annoying.

Congratulations Seth!

Apprently yesterday whilst I was ill in bed I ordered another dozen Famicom(s/es) from Japan.

That’s it, no more machines this year.

Unless they are ones I really, really want. Or are cheap. Or interesting.

Cool old Pc games

Cleaning out the garage I found a box of old PC games including the first PC I game I ever bought, the budget re-release of Golden Axe.

Trying to work out some complicated programming things whilst listening to @sagefrancis.bsky.social makes for a very relaxing lunchtime.

WonderSwan Color Tetris is amazing. It could be better than the Gameboy version even.

One of my children was awake all night very upset. So in turn I was up most of the night too. I feel today will require at least 2 breakfasts before work.

You get the coolest buyee deliveries.

Basically Mr Do! Is a hero and he should be in more games.

I do seriously think that the reason I enjoy computers and programming so much is that we had a Mr Do! arcade machine in the kitchen when I was about 3 or 4. This was followed by a BBC Model B when I was 5 which had the excellent Mr Ee! And of course BBC Basic, and magazines with type in programs

Johnny makes videos on a lot of interesting machines you don’t see in many (or any) other videos. Definitely worth a watch along with his many other videos imo.

Joe did great work on those screens. They look factory fitted.

I also had to edit some graphics for one of the games and ended up using Deluxe Paint loaded from floppy disk on an Amiga 500 with a 30 year old mouse. It was quicker and easier than using any of more modern tools, and more fun too.

My 3 year old now loves playing Bubsy so all the blood, sweat and tears were worth it just to hear the wise words he shouts whilst playing it.

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No. never.

Thanks to @pc98audi.bsky.social I spent my lunchtime with the theme song to Postman Pat stuck in my head.

That’s really cool.

Thanks for the info! I will see if I can safely replace that capacitor and see if it does anything. I did think the weird furry thing was dead as I’d never seen anything like that before.

I think I can make a pico psu work for this fairly safely. I watched the excellent @markfixesstuff.com video on putting a mean well in the Einstein psu case but it looks like there is too much scope for me to make a fatal mistake to try it

A nice bit of paperwork processing on a Sunday whilst some of the children shout very loudly about Minecraft and ballbags

I’m no PSU expert but at least two of these components look like they may have ceased to be. Probably wise for me to find something newer to replace this

That’s good to know. I have one ready to be installed as a replacement for whichever drive seems less reliable, once I’ve sourced a disk to test which one that is. When I’ve finished removing all the weird goop off the case the next bit will be working out a replacement psu, or service the existing

A very dirty microcomputer

I was inspired by @breakintoprogram.co.uk and his Tatung Einstein cross compiler demo at RetroFest a few months ago and bought one from eBay. Now I must figure out how to clean it up and fix all the probably broken bits before I even do the interfacing side. The kitchen hob makes a good workbench.

It’s only just midday and it feels like a very long Friday already

All of the literary classics in one place.

This is a very cool ZX81, and I really want one.

Sorry to hear this. I hope you find something even better.

Leaders who don’t actually give a shit about leading are the reason things fall apart.