Retro computing in the USA

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rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:17 pm One quick Q, have you checked power is good? The old Atari PSUs from that era are not great. I'm sure you probably have but always worth asking.
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Oh, and one other thing! Make sure you document all your work here :)
Power supply looks good, but I went ahead and purchased a USB->Atari.power.din to use a modern supply.

And I will! Here's an album of my Commodore 64 repair, if you're interested (forgive the crappy iron, I have better equipment now):

EDIT: NEW URL
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8tQFiYE8FK8LvhxC9
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Geordi wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:27 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:17 pm One quick Q, have you checked power is good? The old Atari PSUs from that era are not great. I'm sure you probably have but always worth asking.
[...]
Oh, and one other thing! Make sure you document all your work here :)
Power supply looks good, but I went ahead and purchased a USB->Atari.power.din to use a modern supply.

And I will! Here's an album of my Commodore 64 repair, if you're interested (forgive the crappy iron, I have better equipment now):

https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipO ... 2MNz5kSa68
Ahh no I get a 404 not found with that link :(
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:15 pm Ahh no I get a 404 not found with that link :(
Damn! try this one:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8tQFiYE8FK8LvhxC9
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Geordi wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:57 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:15 pm Ahh no I get a 404 not found with that link :(
Damn! try this one:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8tQFiYE8FK8LvhxC9
That's better 😁
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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