Cray supercomputer anyone ? www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...

Note to self: do more research befor you buy stuff. Why did I think this Apricot 'portable' was the size of an Atari portfolio or an HP Palmtop ? This thing is MASSIVE - It is heavier than my Osborne 1.

Pleased with the RetroBrite finish on this early CoCo 1 keyboard I recently acquired. Before and after shot for your viewing pleasure. Quite a nice machine that came in a bundle with two floppy drives, the interface cart and loads of books. Oh, and a USB HUB and crappy USB webcam for some reason.

Bugger.

Happy with the Osborne 1 I picked up last week. Needed the PSU filter caps and a few significantly out of spec capacitors replaced before it would fire up. A good clean, drive lube and a spot of Retrobrite.

Will continue the Retrobrite endeavours on this tomorrow. Wonder if this Osborne 1 will 'just work' after 40 years in the previous owners loft.

Just a few days ago this Televideo 910 terminal was more yellow than a Benson & Hedges QA staffers fingers. Easter sunshine and some hair dye (Peroxide) has worked wonders. Hope the sun lasts.

Keyboard is letting the side down when sat inside the refurbished Superbrain case. Need the Easter Sun to retrobrite those.

£7K 😆 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40627542...

Quite pleased with the way the Superbrain case is coming along. Very difficult to get a clean line between the grew/brown front panel and the white case. Take a look at the (untouched inside) its a horrible mess of misshaped dirty resin case hand shaped with epoxy/melting to make things fit

While I wait for repair parts for the scruffy and damaged Superbrain, I have used the good weather this morning to prep the case. Filler for the deep gouges, sanding, high build primer and yet more sanding to come. Trying to maintain the slightly dimpled texture using some splutter on the spray gun.

Oh dear. The 'bargain' Superbrain may not be such a bargain. Looks like it has been thrown down a flight of stairs. Scruffy on the outside but smashed to bits inside. LOPT broken, CRT board coils snapped, random capacitors found inside......

Yay !. On a bit of a roll with CRT repairs this week (and I hate probing around on live CRT boards), This Televideo 910 terminal now running after a CRTC replacement on the main board and then a bulging C306 (Bipolar cap in the horizontal drive circuit) replacement on the CRT board.

Hooray ! Another 9" PET CRT rescued. Lots of problems with this one (12v reg, crumbled diodes and a TIP30 transistor in the veretical drive). Surprisingly all the caps tested well. TFW8BIT miniPET is a great test source - rules out all usual shenanigans with the PET mainboards video signals.

Too far north for me but a reasonable priced project ebay.us/m/Gt5aYy

It has taken a strategically placed pound coin on some blutack to get this Macintosh SE to boot from floppy. A temporary solution I can assure.

Hooray ! the TRS-80 Model 4 I collected at the weekend (an early one fitted with a model III CRT driver board) is alive again. Was sufferinig from the awful screen 'smear' on the image. Simple replacement of an open circuit inductor L301 on the CRT board and she's happy again.

Always amazes me that Sony decided to make the forth gear on these Macintosh floppy drives out of Caramac.

Transformers - robots in disguise! Had to have the case - a complete impulse purchase. Matches the real thing perfectly.

Got anotherTeletype ASR 33 for restoration. It was in a CNC workshop for years and was covered in grime. Its mostly up and running now after removing the grime and loads of metal swarf. Just waiting for a few replacement parts before finishing it.

Rather too much plastic packaging for my liking. Think of the haddock !

A couple of hastily 3D printed keycaps later and the Superbrain looks more complete. All up and running now. This model is a Superbrain I Jr model with single sided drives

Another Superbrain pickup in Essex today. So far, so good. Previous owner was apparently Mr Test.

Finally picked up my latest Commodore Pet from lovely Bath today. Paid well over the odds but I had to have it just because of the BT (my current employer) customised ROM from the early 80's. Machine was used for Engineering education at Horwood House in Buckinghamshire.

3 Model 33 Teletype machines ringside in the 1976 Rocky movie.

Convinced that's an Altair and matching disk drive on this evening's Six Million Dollar Man.

Superbrain QD up and running after a little cleaning, lubrication and some remote tech support - thanks @binarydinosaurs.co.uk

And here is the baby brother of the ASR33 - The KSR33. Same thing minus the paper tape reader and punch and a few kilos of weight. Its funny how you wait ages to get something then you end up with two in a short space of time. photos.app.goo.gl/CYyFEP21JgyY...

At last ! The ASR 33 now up and running. Connected via a 20mA current loop to WiFi converter based on ESP32S3. @heredragons.be photos.app.goo.gl/AtT3tv9pWAdf...

So, the ASR 33 Teletype is almost all working. Line feed not working since I replaced the platten roller and its not quite printing characters on the paper- although doing all the right movement. Punch works, not tested the reader yet. @heredragons.be photos.app.goo.gl/sMCE3jw4bD9N...

Teletype ASR 33 stripped down to its subsystem parts, cleaned and lubricated. Waiting for a few parts from the USA before firing it up for the first time in many years. @heredragons.be

Nice to meet you today @tjewell.bsky.social . Its a small world. Teletype ASR33 now safely home, rodent evidence free and its had a decent initial clean and mechanical survey. Updates to follow.

Hooray! My 1977 JVC HR-3300 finally working again after a new set of belts, some optical sensor fixes and a good old clean and lube.

This is an odd one - expensive too. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/36469299...

I bought a thing. Having to sell a bunch of other things to pay for it.