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Hello ! Today I tried to make a composite mod to my father's ZX81 that he bought second hand in the late 80's because I couldn't use it on any of our TVs. The mod is the ZX2020 mod which replaces entirely the RF modulator. The mod works for the most part, but there's a major incovenience and I...

Hello ! I am glad to introduce Ultimate Retro : https://www.ultimateretro.net/ What's UR.net ? It's a project I've been working on for quite a while now (the year in the name is a hint ^^) and many people joined me afterwards which helped me a lot ! It's basically the motherboard section of TH99...

Hi, so I just got this Intertan DT-88 computer to play with. The computer turns on, but its hard drive, a Seagate ST325X doesn't spin up anymore (and it's not the platter that are stuck, because I can move the spindle found under the hard drive perfectly fine) . It seems like it's a board's...

Hello, I just bought this beautiful Ampex PYXIS 27 MFM hard drive. As you can see it has this weir board ontop of it with a 50 pin connector What could it be ? A SCSI to MFM adapter dedicated to this hard drive ? The hard drive itself has a rather weird geometry (maybe it wasn't...

Hi everyone. I have found a loose Amstrad PCW8256 and even though it's working well, it's missing its foot, which is a bit of a bummer. What could I do to fix that problem ? I don't think finding this part would be easy. Could-I print one with a 3D printer ? If so, can anyone send me pictures of...

Hello everyone. I have this very nice TVM Multi-Function/2 Color Monitor which supports a ton of different video standards (from MDA to 1024x768 VGA, RGB SCART ...). The main issue I have with it is this effect Every color are brighter or the left than on the right. Now this issue have...

Hello everyone. Here's my problem : my XT can't read floppy disks anymore ... that computer is a clone and uses that motherboard https://picclick.com/VIP-TMX-10-11-Motherboard-w-AMD-8088-1-Processor-192357656416.html When I first got it 1.5 years ago, it came with a 360K floppy disk drive and a...