The Technoshed
@thetechnoshed.bsky.social
http://youtube.com/@thetechnoshed
Electronics, astronomy and vintage computing. DFB1 Atari Falcon Booster, Smalliermouse, PiStorm for for Atari & more: http://github.com/dh219
Electronics, astronomy and vintage computing. DFB1 Atari Falcon Booster, Smalliermouse, PiStorm for for Atari & more: http://github.com/dh219
I've got that Crunchie feeling! How about a video to celebrate?
Time to review my previous work on the infamous battery area of my Acorn A3000 Archimedes.
youtu.be/47QYVYz4X7w
Time to review my previous work on the infamous battery area of my Acorn A3000 Archimedes.
youtu.be/47QYVYz4X7w
Acorn A3000 Archimedes internal battery replacement
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
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November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I've got that Crunchie feeling! How about a video to celebrate?
Time to review my previous work on the infamous battery area of my Acorn A3000 Archimedes.
youtu.be/47QYVYz4X7w
Time to review my previous work on the infamous battery area of my Acorn A3000 Archimedes.
youtu.be/47QYVYz4X7w
Cyberlegends 2025, the Exxos Forum meetup held in Toddington a couple of weeks ago, was great fun. Here's some of what I saw.
youtu.be/SdErQ-xPfzQ
Featuring, among others, @srusher.bsky.social. And I think @a1exh.bsky.social sneaks into the background once or twice...
youtu.be/SdErQ-xPfzQ
Featuring, among others, @srusher.bsky.social. And I think @a1exh.bsky.social sneaks into the background once or twice...
Cyberlegends 2025: highlights from the Exxos Forum meet up
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
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October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Cyberlegends 2025, the Exxos Forum meetup held in Toddington a couple of weeks ago, was great fun. Here's some of what I saw.
youtu.be/SdErQ-xPfzQ
Featuring, among others, @srusher.bsky.social. And I think @a1exh.bsky.social sneaks into the background once or twice...
youtu.be/SdErQ-xPfzQ
Featuring, among others, @srusher.bsky.social. And I think @a1exh.bsky.social sneaks into the background once or twice...
Packed and time to leave for Cyberlegends 4 in Toddington. Come along if you’re nearby!
October 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Packed and time to leave for Cyberlegends 4 in Toddington. Come along if you’re nearby!
One week klaxon! “Cyberlegends” in Toddington.
October 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One week klaxon! “Cyberlegends” in Toddington.
I may have to stop doing the bra adverts…
September 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I may have to stop doing the bra adverts…
Cyberlegends 4 is on the 11th October. Do consider coming along to this Atari-slanted vintage computer fair. Or perhaps take part in the (open worldwide) raffle? youtu.be/lz3i_6Ka2kk
Cyberlegends 2025 vintage computer fair: 11th October, Toddington. Plus DISCOUNT CODE!
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
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September 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Cyberlegends 4 is on the 11th October. Do consider coming along to this Atari-slanted vintage computer fair. Or perhaps take part in the (open worldwide) raffle? youtu.be/lz3i_6Ka2kk
Atari Falcon030 repair part 3: two steps forward..?
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reposted by The Technoshed
Part two of my "Atari Falcon030 without a CPU" series is out now. A soldering iron may be seen!
youtu.be/efKCNxdB9FU
youtu.be/efKCNxdB9FU
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Part two of my "Atari Falcon030 without a CPU" series is out now. A soldering iron may be seen!
youtu.be/efKCNxdB9FU
youtu.be/efKCNxdB9FU
Enjoying all the VCF posts?
Live in the UK or does EasyJet, Ryanair or Wizz fly from where you live to Luton?
At a loose end in early October?
CYBERLEGENDS!
Sure, it may be a bit smaller than VCF and probably has a more Atari ST flavour, but why the heck not, eh?
Live in the UK or does EasyJet, Ryanair or Wizz fly from where you live to Luton?
At a loose end in early October?
CYBERLEGENDS!
Sure, it may be a bit smaller than VCF and probably has a more Atari ST flavour, but why the heck not, eh?
September 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Enjoying all the VCF posts?
Live in the UK or does EasyJet, Ryanair or Wizz fly from where you live to Luton?
At a loose end in early October?
CYBERLEGENDS!
Sure, it may be a bit smaller than VCF and probably has a more Atari ST flavour, but why the heck not, eh?
Live in the UK or does EasyJet, Ryanair or Wizz fly from where you live to Luton?
At a loose end in early October?
CYBERLEGENDS!
Sure, it may be a bit smaller than VCF and probably has a more Atari ST flavour, but why the heck not, eh?
More Atari Falcon030 accelerator cards than you can shake a stick at! A new batch of DFB1X will be at Exxos' store shortly, by the look of things: www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/store2/
September 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
More Atari Falcon030 accelerator cards than you can shake a stick at! A new batch of DFB1X will be at Exxos' store shortly, by the look of things: www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/store2/
Part two of my "Atari Falcon030 without a CPU" series is out now. A soldering iron may be seen!
youtu.be/efKCNxdB9FU
youtu.be/efKCNxdB9FU
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Part two of my "Atari Falcon030 without a CPU" series is out now. A soldering iron may be seen!
youtu.be/efKCNxdB9FU
youtu.be/efKCNxdB9FU
Reposted by The Technoshed
Marine (My Amber replacement chip) is up on PCBWay and Github.
www.pcbway.com/project/shar...
github.com/GadgetUK164/...
#commodore #amiga
www.pcbway.com/project/shar...
github.com/GadgetUK164/...
#commodore #amiga
Commodore Amiga Amber Replacement - Marine - Share Project - PCBWay
How Does It WorkIt uses the magic code from the AGA Multifix to control the read resets, write resets, read enables and write enables of the Frame RAM and Line RAM contained on the Amiga 3000 motherbo...
www.pcbway.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Marine (My Amber replacement chip) is up on PCBWay and Github.
www.pcbway.com/project/shar...
github.com/GadgetUK164/...
#commodore #amiga
www.pcbway.com/project/shar...
github.com/GadgetUK164/...
#commodore #amiga
I’ve got myself a mangled motherboard from an Atari Falcon030 here!
Let’s see if we can repair it.
youtu.be/6u-zLlYimew
Let’s see if we can repair it.
youtu.be/6u-zLlYimew
Atari Falcon030: mangled motherboard!
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
youtu.be
August 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’ve got myself a mangled motherboard from an Atari Falcon030 here!
Let’s see if we can repair it.
youtu.be/6u-zLlYimew
Let’s see if we can repair it.
youtu.be/6u-zLlYimew
Important stuff! Pay attention at the back.
What did you call those black rubber-soled canvas trainers from primary school PE classes?
Plimsolls: 53% of Britons
Pumps: 23%
Gym shoes: 6%
Daps / dappers: 5%
Sandshoes / sannies: 5%
Gutties: 1%
Rubbers: 1%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Plimsolls: 53% of Britons
Pumps: 23%
Gym shoes: 6%
Daps / dappers: 5%
Sandshoes / sannies: 5%
Gutties: 1%
Rubbers: 1%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
August 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Important stuff! Pay attention at the back.
Hello! I'm messing with internal and external floppies again. I want to boot Gotek game images from an external drive. This time on the Atari STE. Nasty hack. Don't do this. 😘
youtu.be/XZWezG5h5ek
youtu.be/XZWezG5h5ek
A quick hack for an external drive A on the STE
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
youtu.be
June 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hello! I'm messing with internal and external floppies again. I want to boot Gotek game images from an external drive. This time on the Atari STE. Nasty hack. Don't do this. 😘
youtu.be/XZWezG5h5ek
youtu.be/XZWezG5h5ek
It's Atari STE video time again!
Part two of the early access STE536 accelerator. This time with added WORKING!
youtu.be/IUuQCaYzlS0
Part two of the early access STE536 accelerator. This time with added WORKING!
youtu.be/IUuQCaYzlS0
STE536. A *working* plug and play STE accelerator (part 2)
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
youtu.be
May 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
It's Atari STE video time again!
Part two of the early access STE536 accelerator. This time with added WORKING!
youtu.be/IUuQCaYzlS0
Part two of the early access STE536 accelerator. This time with added WORKING!
youtu.be/IUuQCaYzlS0
Attempting to bring up a new project last night. Need to flash the CPLD with a ‘status quo’ (do nothing, but safely) firmware. Power up in situ. Can’t flash it. Oh wait! Yes, it’s a 3V3 part and I’m borrowing that rail from a Pi Pico and I’ve not fitted that yet. Fit it temporarily. Flashes ok…
April 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Attempting to bring up a new project last night. Need to flash the CPLD with a ‘status quo’ (do nothing, but safely) firmware. Power up in situ. Can’t flash it. Oh wait! Yes, it’s a 3V3 part and I’m borrowing that rail from a Pi Pico and I’ve not fitted that yet. Fit it temporarily. Flashes ok…
After what seems like One Million Years since I teased this: here’s part one of my STE536 journey. Things never go to plan!
youtu.be/xsYD6awNkHs
youtu.be/xsYD6awNkHs
STE536. A plug and play STE accelerator. Part 1.
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
After what seems like One Million Years since I teased this: here’s part one of my STE536 journey. Things never go to plan!
youtu.be/xsYD6awNkHs
youtu.be/xsYD6awNkHs
I had a few suggestions on my Watchy video about what was going on with the ESP32 programming so I decided to take another look at it. This time with measuring and stuff!
[B-Roll] Watchy follow up. Is my ESP32 kaputt?
youtu.be/5inxGmdzxEU
[B-Roll] Watchy follow up. Is my ESP32 kaputt?
youtu.be/5inxGmdzxEU
[B-Roll] Watchy follow up. Is my ESP32 kaputt?
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
youtu.be
March 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I had a few suggestions on my Watchy video about what was going on with the ESP32 programming so I decided to take another look at it. This time with measuring and stuff!
[B-Roll] Watchy follow up. Is my ESP32 kaputt?
youtu.be/5inxGmdzxEU
[B-Roll] Watchy follow up. Is my ESP32 kaputt?
youtu.be/5inxGmdzxEU
I took my non-flashing Watchy apart again and manually shorted GPIO0 to ground when powering up to put it into programming mode and still nothing on the serial line despite it recognising the UART bridge. Has something gone pop?
Not so retro this. Well, unless you liked how the Casio calculator watch looked on your skinny seven-year-old wrist back in 1985 and want to pretend this is that. But here I have a look at an open source wristwatch I impulse-purchased a while back. What do you think?
youtu.be/QY5QQNmFjtc
youtu.be/QY5QQNmFjtc
Watchy the open source wristwatch. First impressions & trying to use it.
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
youtu.be
March 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I took my non-flashing Watchy apart again and manually shorted GPIO0 to ground when powering up to put it into programming mode and still nothing on the serial line despite it recognising the UART bridge. Has something gone pop?
Not so retro this. Well, unless you liked how the Casio calculator watch looked on your skinny seven-year-old wrist back in 1985 and want to pretend this is that. But here I have a look at an open source wristwatch I impulse-purchased a while back. What do you think?
youtu.be/QY5QQNmFjtc
youtu.be/QY5QQNmFjtc
Watchy the open source wristwatch. First impressions & trying to use it.
YouTube video by BW's Technoshed
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Not so retro this. Well, unless you liked how the Casio calculator watch looked on your skinny seven-year-old wrist back in 1985 and want to pretend this is that. But here I have a look at an open source wristwatch I impulse-purchased a while back. What do you think?
youtu.be/QY5QQNmFjtc
youtu.be/QY5QQNmFjtc
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Because it has a slower CPU? That goes showing just how much you understand about the matter
March 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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What’s that? A sneaky preview of my next #Atari #ST video? Oh, go on then.
youtube.com/@thetechnoshed
youtube.com/@thetechnoshed
January 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
What’s that? A sneaky preview of my next #Atari #ST video? Oh, go on then.
youtube.com/@thetechnoshed
youtube.com/@thetechnoshed
Sound the trackball klaxon!
I’ve set up the Atari Falcon and Acer laptop (Xilinx CPLD programmer) ready to try to diagnose the issues with the DFB1X accelerator next week.
No need to open the case as I’ve brought the header out and added switches to disable the board and switch ROM images, hiding in the mouse bay.
No need to open the case as I’ve brought the header out and added switches to disable the board and switch ROM images, hiding in the mouse bay.
January 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sound the trackball klaxon!
I get the feeling this one will do numbers over time, Jan!
New video! Replacing the broken fan in my ZD-915 desoldering station and performing some upgrades.
YouTube: youtu.be/26VEOadIn1M
PeerTube: makertube.net/w/d5jWSb4xnu...
#ZD915 #DesolderingStation #Mods #Repair #LabGear #Electronics #Tinkering
YouTube: youtu.be/26VEOadIn1M
PeerTube: makertube.net/w/d5jWSb4xnu...
#ZD915 #DesolderingStation #Mods #Repair #LabGear #Electronics #Tinkering
ZD-915 Desoldering Station Repair & Mods
YouTube video by Jan Beta
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January 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I get the feeling this one will do numbers over time, Jan!