Retro Theory
@retrotheory.bsky.social
Playing with old computers, breaking them, maybe fixing them.
Wow!
May 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Wow!
Titanic is a science movie , you gotta go for
a man stands in front of a sphere with the words science written on it
ALT: a man stands in front of a sphere with the words science written on it
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Titanic is a science movie , you gotta go for
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my most epic monitor repair to date. Snapped in 5 places, 105 traces repaired...
youtu.be/Dsje26clJ-Q
#amiga #commodore #crt #RetroComputing
youtu.be/Dsje26clJ-Q
#amiga #commodore #crt #RetroComputing
Broken Commodore 1085s epic repair
YouTube video by The 8-Bit Manshed
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
my most epic monitor repair to date. Snapped in 5 places, 105 traces repaired...
youtu.be/Dsje26clJ-Q
#amiga #commodore #crt #RetroComputing
youtu.be/Dsje26clJ-Q
#amiga #commodore #crt #RetroComputing
Are your jumpers set for CGA ? If 5 and 6 are both off then motherboard is set to MDA
January 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Are your jumpers set for CGA ? If 5 and 6 are both off then motherboard is set to MDA
We had a power brown out, and it just scrambled the display. The powercycle fixed it.
January 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We had a power brown out, and it just scrambled the display. The powercycle fixed it.
Picked up an old soldering station from a junk yard in Mos Eisley, seems to be stuck in Aurebesh mode.
January 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Picked up an old soldering station from a junk yard in Mos Eisley, seems to be stuck in Aurebesh mode.
It's the IBM 5151 monitor , shipped with the original IBM personal computer in 1981
December 30, 2024 at 4:33 PM
It's the IBM 5151 monitor , shipped with the original IBM personal computer in 1981
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/ would be my first choice , have fun 👍
stardot.org.uk - Index page
www.stardot.org.uk
December 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
www.stardot.org.uk/forums/ would be my first choice , have fun 👍
December 22, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Are, are you the puppeteer ? 😜
December 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Are, are you the puppeteer ? 😜
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December 18, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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No love from @hackaday-feed.bsky.social on my latest project. Maybe repost to let them know I’m not dead.
December 16, 2024 at 8:20 PM
No love from @hackaday-feed.bsky.social on my latest project. Maybe repost to let them know I’m not dead.
The possibilities ✨️
December 14, 2024 at 1:57 PM
The possibilities ✨️
Does seem have an improvised feel 🤔
December 13, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Does seem have an improvised feel 🤔
This board is from an old PAL test pattern generator
December 13, 2024 at 11:14 PM
This board is from an old PAL test pattern generator
Late 1960s early 1970s analog electronics was so colourful.
December 13, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Late 1960s early 1970s analog electronics was so colourful.
Thanks. Here is another shot in progress from underneath. The inside is reinforced with resin
December 12, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Thanks. Here is another shot in progress from underneath. The inside is reinforced with resin
No tube replacement , CRT all the way 😉
December 11, 2024 at 6:04 AM
No tube replacement , CRT all the way 😉
It was shipped with a keyboard in the same box. The monitor was just sitting on the keyboard. During shipping, the monitor had no chance as the uneven base resulted in cracks, and then the rest of the damage occurred.
December 10, 2024 at 1:20 PM
It was shipped with a keyboard in the same box. The monitor was just sitting on the keyboard. During shipping, the monitor had no chance as the uneven base resulted in cracks, and then the rest of the damage occurred.
Yes indeed, and hope the battery has not exploded, as they tend to do.
December 10, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Yes indeed, and hope the battery has not exploded, as they tend to do.
Best used with Stacker CPU management. Get the most from those stacked CPUs
December 9, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Best used with Stacker CPU management. Get the most from those stacked CPUs
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Stability, framework updates, and Pico2/2W support in the latest release, check it out! github.com/BlueSCSI/Blu...
#BlueSCSI #SCSI #VintageMac #RetroComputing
#BlueSCSI #SCSI #VintageMac #RetroComputing
Release v2024.12.08 · BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2
This update is recommended for all users and should be the end of any odd SDIO timeouts or errors that were experienced by a small number of users. With the SDIO rewrite by @androda last release an...
github.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Stability, framework updates, and Pico2/2W support in the latest release, check it out! github.com/BlueSCSI/Blu...
#BlueSCSI #SCSI #VintageMac #RetroComputing
#BlueSCSI #SCSI #VintageMac #RetroComputing