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Retro Tech Consoles/Computers
Arcade PCB Repairs
3d printing
Retro Tech Consoles/Computers
Arcade PCB Repairs
A new work space, a new beginning, a new project.
Four LONG! months without touching a soldering iron.
What's on the bench?
Four LONG! months without touching a soldering iron.
What's on the bench?
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A new work space, a new beginning, a new project.
Four LONG! months without touching a soldering iron.
What's on the bench?
Four LONG! months without touching a soldering iron.
What's on the bench?
Could help myself whilst away and picked up a couple of resto projects for when the new workspace is complete.
ZX Spectrum £5 at the boot fair and Tri-ang engine from the local market £10.
I think I did well.
ZX Spectrum £5 at the boot fair and Tri-ang engine from the local market £10.
I think I did well.
August 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Could help myself whilst away and picked up a couple of resto projects for when the new workspace is complete.
ZX Spectrum £5 at the boot fair and Tri-ang engine from the local market £10.
I think I did well.
ZX Spectrum £5 at the boot fair and Tri-ang engine from the local market £10.
I think I did well.
Listening to BBC Radio 2 on the restored 1956 Ferguson this morning. Amazed when I first powered this up to test all 5 valves were in perfect working order. Main caps okay only replaced the small value original wax caps. Lovely sound... 🎶
Digital radio 🥱
Digital radio 🥱
June 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Listening to BBC Radio 2 on the restored 1956 Ferguson this morning. Amazed when I first powered this up to test all 5 valves were in perfect working order. Main caps okay only replaced the small value original wax caps. Lovely sound... 🎶
Digital radio 🥱
Digital radio 🥱
Restore of this Golden Tee trackball. I couldn't help thinking about where this machine was installed and the DNA samples left on it/in it... It had a strong nicotine ombiance to it. All clean now and ready to be paired with the repaired Golden Tee arcade PCB for a round or two.
May 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Restore of this Golden Tee trackball. I couldn't help thinking about where this machine was installed and the DNA samples left on it/in it... It had a strong nicotine ombiance to it. All clean now and ready to be paired with the repaired Golden Tee arcade PCB for a round or two.
Behold my teen boom box. The Sharp GF-A3 with detachable speakers. Repurchased and the broken tape drive is repaired. It has a lovely sound and is perfect for playing my old cassettes (yes, I still have them!) in the work space. 🎶
May 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Behold my teen boom box. The Sharp GF-A3 with detachable speakers. Repurchased and the broken tape drive is repaired. It has a lovely sound and is perfect for playing my old cassettes (yes, I still have them!) in the work space. 🎶
Tape drive service of a very special to me object.
Broken leaf switch, solidified grease and aged drive belts all need attention before MJ can sing again...
Broken leaf switch, solidified grease and aged drive belts all need attention before MJ can sing again...
April 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Tape drive service of a very special to me object.
Broken leaf switch, solidified grease and aged drive belts all need attention before MJ can sing again...
Broken leaf switch, solidified grease and aged drive belts all need attention before MJ can sing again...
Xbox One controller repaired.
Won't power on?
Shorted capacitor C33 on the power board.
Also 3d printed a new battery cover lost by the YOUTH!
Won't power on?
Shorted capacitor C33 on the power board.
Also 3d printed a new battery cover lost by the YOUTH!
April 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Xbox One controller repaired.
Won't power on?
Shorted capacitor C33 on the power board.
Also 3d printed a new battery cover lost by the YOUTH!
Won't power on?
Shorted capacitor C33 on the power board.
Also 3d printed a new battery cover lost by the YOUTH!
Yet another pair of Sony headphones repaired! 👍
This time ULT's with a broken swivel mount.
It appears this is actually an active recall/repair extended until 2027. I got the part from Alixpress. Damn fiddly to disassemble, the headband wire needs desoldering/soldering but only 13 tiny wires. 😖
This time ULT's with a broken swivel mount.
It appears this is actually an active recall/repair extended until 2027. I got the part from Alixpress. Damn fiddly to disassemble, the headband wire needs desoldering/soldering but only 13 tiny wires. 😖
April 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yet another pair of Sony headphones repaired! 👍
This time ULT's with a broken swivel mount.
It appears this is actually an active recall/repair extended until 2027. I got the part from Alixpress. Damn fiddly to disassemble, the headband wire needs desoldering/soldering but only 13 tiny wires. 😖
This time ULT's with a broken swivel mount.
It appears this is actually an active recall/repair extended until 2027. I got the part from Alixpress. Damn fiddly to disassemble, the headband wire needs desoldering/soldering but only 13 tiny wires. 😖
As the kids have grown older my photo reel tends to contain more interesting pics as shown in this recent collage made by Google photos.
😂
😂
April 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
As the kids have grown older my photo reel tends to contain more interesting pics as shown in this recent collage made by Google photos.
😂
😂
On a bit of a good run with arcade PCB repairs lately:
Golden Tee Supreme Edition
Mexico 86
NEOGEO MV1B
Double Dragon 3
🚑🏥🌡️💉🪛💪
One day I'll have an arcade cabinet built for the growing collection...
Golden Tee Supreme Edition
Mexico 86
NEOGEO MV1B
Double Dragon 3
🚑🏥🌡️💉🪛💪
One day I'll have an arcade cabinet built for the growing collection...
April 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
On a bit of a good run with arcade PCB repairs lately:
Golden Tee Supreme Edition
Mexico 86
NEOGEO MV1B
Double Dragon 3
🚑🏥🌡️💉🪛💪
One day I'll have an arcade cabinet built for the growing collection...
Golden Tee Supreme Edition
Mexico 86
NEOGEO MV1B
Double Dragon 3
🚑🏥🌡️💉🪛💪
One day I'll have an arcade cabinet built for the growing collection...
Tokio Formation Scramble
Bootleg PCB
I do believe that somewhere in this coloured soup is a running game.
Touching an output pin on a 74LS257 on the gfx board with the o'scope is bringing it out of black screen to this state.
In the right area so nearly there.
Sync signal is good.
Bootleg PCB
I do believe that somewhere in this coloured soup is a running game.
Touching an output pin on a 74LS257 on the gfx board with the o'scope is bringing it out of black screen to this state.
In the right area so nearly there.
Sync signal is good.
March 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Tokio Formation Scramble
Bootleg PCB
I do believe that somewhere in this coloured soup is a running game.
Touching an output pin on a 74LS257 on the gfx board with the o'scope is bringing it out of black screen to this state.
In the right area so nearly there.
Sync signal is good.
Bootleg PCB
I do believe that somewhere in this coloured soup is a running game.
Touching an output pin on a 74LS257 on the gfx board with the o'scope is bringing it out of black screen to this state.
In the right area so nearly there.
Sync signal is good.
Tokio Formation Scramble
Bootleg PCB
Finally getting somewhere
Filter caps
1 x corrupt gfx ROM
2 x dead Z80 main CPU & Sub
1 x 74LS139
Bootleg PCB
Finally getting somewhere
Filter caps
1 x corrupt gfx ROM
2 x dead Z80 main CPU & Sub
1 x 74LS139
March 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Tokio Formation Scramble
Bootleg PCB
Finally getting somewhere
Filter caps
1 x corrupt gfx ROM
2 x dead Z80 main CPU & Sub
1 x 74LS139
Bootleg PCB
Finally getting somewhere
Filter caps
1 x corrupt gfx ROM
2 x dead Z80 main CPU & Sub
1 x 74LS139
Finished the Konami Jail Break adapter. All working great, a nice little game. The speech effects are impressive for a 1986 game.
Cleaned the PCB and added new 3D printed feet. Nice to have a no repair required PCB for a change.
What's next off the PCB shelf?
Cleaned the PCB and added new 3D printed feet. Nice to have a no repair required PCB for a change.
What's next off the PCB shelf?
February 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Finished the Konami Jail Break adapter. All working great, a nice little game. The speech effects are impressive for a 1986 game.
Cleaned the PCB and added new 3D printed feet. Nice to have a no repair required PCB for a change.
What's next off the PCB shelf?
Cleaned the PCB and added new 3D printed feet. Nice to have a no repair required PCB for a change.
What's next off the PCB shelf?
Made a Konami to Jamma adapter to test this Jail Break PCB.
Power and video first, I'll do the controls later.
Power and video first, I'll do the controls later.
February 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Made a Konami to Jamma adapter to test this Jail Break PCB.
Power and video first, I'll do the controls later.
Power and video first, I'll do the controls later.
Microvitec Cub repair.
After getting the shed temp up to a balmy 12 degrees yesterday I could commence work. 🤗
The Cub in happier days before the LOPT explosion.
After getting the shed temp up to a balmy 12 degrees yesterday I could commence work. 🤗
The Cub in happier days before the LOPT explosion.
January 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Microvitec Cub repair.
After getting the shed temp up to a balmy 12 degrees yesterday I could commence work. 🤗
The Cub in happier days before the LOPT explosion.
After getting the shed temp up to a balmy 12 degrees yesterday I could commence work. 🤗
The Cub in happier days before the LOPT explosion.
January 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Google photos made me collage. 😂
December 28, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Google photos made me collage. 😂
So the transformer in the Microvitec Cub 653 went.
Fizz... Pop... Flame... Smoke... 😱
I must admit when I replaced the usual suspect caps I didn't like the look of this. It looked like it had seen better days.
Fizz... Pop... Flame... Smoke... 😱
I must admit when I replaced the usual suspect caps I didn't like the look of this. It looked like it had seen better days.
December 24, 2024 at 9:55 AM
So the transformer in the Microvitec Cub 653 went.
Fizz... Pop... Flame... Smoke... 😱
I must admit when I replaced the usual suspect caps I didn't like the look of this. It looked like it had seen better days.
Fizz... Pop... Flame... Smoke... 😱
I must admit when I replaced the usual suspect caps I didn't like the look of this. It looked like it had seen better days.
My Retro warm glow feeling has been increased this Xmas by the mighty Forest being fourth in the table. 😂
December 23, 2024 at 9:52 AM
My Retro warm glow feeling has been increased this Xmas by the mighty Forest being fourth in the table. 😂
So I finished the 3d printed replica 5.25" floppy drive fitted with a Gotek. Switched on to see it start first time only to have the monitor fail which had been running perfectly for months. 😣
T203 failure!
That's the new year project sorted then.
T203 failure!
That's the new year project sorted then.
December 23, 2024 at 9:43 AM
So I finished the 3d printed replica 5.25" floppy drive fitted with a Gotek. Switched on to see it start first time only to have the monitor fail which had been running perfectly for months. 😣
T203 failure!
That's the new year project sorted then.
T203 failure!
That's the new year project sorted then.