Old blog post! Remember when... I fixed a buddy's clock radio and it had exactly the faults you think it did? #stereorepair www.leadedsolder.com/2023/10/24/b...

That is a lot of bad MK4332s! At least it's a nice round number. #apple3 #apple2 #retrocomputing

New blog post! When you want to replace an aging SCSI disk, you go buy a #BlueSCSI. What happens if you want a cheaper BlueSCSI? You can order the parts and build one. What if you want one that costs more AND is more work? Now we're talking. #retrocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/09/16/d...

I forgot to post up my VCFMW table setup yesterday. There were so many lovely folks to chat with and share my love of these systems with. The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.

New blog post! The Sega Master System... Girl? Another variant of Sega's 8-bit console that I haven't looked at before; I hope you enjoy! nicole.express/2025/sega-mi...

Old blog post! Remember when... I made a halfway decent Atari Jaguar AV output adapter? This thing still works great years later, which continues to surprise me. www.leadedsolder.com/2021/09/21/a... #retrogaming #atari #atarijaguar #kicad

Fucked up in the crib playin soggy-1000

Do I know anyone with the equipment onhand to program a new U13 CPLD for repairing CV-1000 Cave PCBs? github.com/buffis/cv1k_...

New blog post! The Unique High-Tech Computer... all this time and I've never taken a look at a *proper* famiclone, let's fix that now. nicole.express/2025/a-compu...

In 1980, Nichibutsu put out a brochure which advertised their company, including an extensive look inside their offices. A very rare peak at the extensive inner workings of even a small Japanese coin-op company. www.flyercade.com/nichibutsu-v...

“My family thinks I’m at work, just like they used to think I was in school.” With tens of thousands of arcades shuttered from decades of policy and changing lifestyles, Xu Shouzhong’s arcade is the last one left in Shenyang, a time capsule for the heady days of youth.

New blog post! 80s Sony wasn't always an unstoppable cyberpunk megacorp. Sometimes they sat down and spent an unfathomable amount of Bubble money making their own proprietary 8-bit computer from scratch. Let's fix it! #retrocomputing #sony #smc777 #smc70 #z80 www.leadedsolder.com/2025/08/26/s...

I managed to buy a laptop with a copilot key not realizing that it can't be set to act as the ctrl key, and all workarounds ignore the fact that the hardware actually sends "win+shift+f23", taking over the shift button and making shift+ctrl+arrow key selection impossible. Well. NO. MORE. COPILOT.

Hey. Hey! Got a cute gaming site over here that covers everything from brand new releases to old favourites, arcade classics, and really, *really* obscure wonders that don't get the recognition they deserve: kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com

Happy birthday!

Read more about T&E SOFT's New 3D Golf Simulation series, with videos, scans, timelines, playlists, and trivia! blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/11/09/n...

New blog post! I have finally gotten my '90 SparcStation 1+ workstation to do something useful, but a terrible price was asked in the process. Don't worry, the magic smoke came out of a *new* thing. #retrocomputing #retrounix #unix #sun #sparc #mame www.leadedsolder.com/2025/08/05/s...

The closer Canada can move to digital sovereignty and public supported tech services, the better we will be.

New blog post! I'm tired of my TRS-80 Colour Computer needing an old school RF connection to get video out. How about crudely jamming in a composite mod from an *entirely different* obscure computer? That'll work. #coco #trs80 #retrocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/07/15/t...

New blog post! Hey kids. Have you ever wanted to display the Impressionist masters on your NEC PC-6001 home computer system? Apparently I have. Let's learn some Z80 assembly and, more importantly, how the PC-6001 graphics work. #retrocomputing #pc6001 #z80 www.leadedsolder.com/2025/06/24/p...

Thread 🧵 of things you might not know about Puppy Love Story. 1. It starts out with ~15 mins of naming and training a puppy, but the story has nothing to do with owning or playing with a cute puppy. It takes a hard left turn into an isekai...

26 Issues of SOFT SECTOR Magazine, a magazine for Sanyo PCs that hits all the established marks of "We want to be Compute! and A+ Magazine, but for Sanyo." archive.org/details/soft...

To put a bow on my Puppy Love Story localization (the 🎀 kind, not a bow-wow), I made a very, very small run of physical carts by hand. I bought a bunch of loose copies one at a time, designed a small flex PCB to adapt the mask ROM to a 5V flash module which I programmed with the English romhack.

The Bandai Pippin? Yeah, it runs Quake. blitter.net/blog/2025/06...

The video from my talk at VCF East 2025, "Making a Hardware Emulator for a Legendary PC Sound Card" is now on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTLA...

The infinite redness of outer space looks weird on this SMC-777. #retrocomputing #smc777

...what was I thinking? #kicad #retrocomputing

New blog post! Remember when trusted adults promised you that you could be anything? Well, the Raspberry Pi Pico actually _can_ be a ROM cartridge for my beloved NEC PC-6001 home computer. Try not to get jealous of its success. www.leadedsolder.com/2025/06/03/p... #retrocomputing #pc6001 #kicad

If you can write new software for old computers, build new hardware for old computers, or just show up and play online poker once in awhile with other people who also have old computers, it would help out the project a whole lot.

Heard about #FujiNet? Connect Apple, Atari, C64 & more to the internet & EACH OTHER. Game w/friends on different platforms. Chat & share info - it's awesome! But! They NEED developers. PC? Amstrad? BBC? Others? They need help to do 'em. Go to https://fujinet.online/#FujiNet?and become a developer, today!

It's RetroFest 2025 THIS WEEKEND!! Why not stop by and say hello. www.retrofest.uk

Incredible things are happening in Mark III land.

I, a cishet male, require treatment to boost my testosterone levels following an orchiectomy for testicular cancer. I will need this for the rest of my life. Everyone should be able to access the health care they need equally without barriers.

Psst~! Hey! Personal, passion-led, ad-free websites are still around! Come take a look! (And please pass the link on - it's hard to attract visitors when everyone assumes you don't exist!) kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com

I don't know if this modern stuff is going to take off. What even is an "nvidia?" #xbox

#FujiNet is a #WiFi Network Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming platforms. youtu.be/-sKjDuqvTII The #RS232 version of the #FujiNet can be plugged up to any vintage PC, like a #PCjr. Wanna help? Check fujinet.online!

New blog post! Taito's Kiki Kaikai arcade hardware runs a fun game and tears down some strange assumptions I had gotten in my head about arcade boards. nicole.express/2025/pocky-b...

If you haven't watched it, this is your sign to watch Pandamonium's 3 and a half hour documentary on the creation of Sega Rally Championship and its stellar Sega Saturn port. Don't think about how insane that sounds. Just do it. youtu.be/1CEdmZ5P0jA #blutoid

New blog post! What do you do when a new computer needs a cartridge in order to work at all? Make that cartridge! Today, we're having fun with the teeny-tiny Sord M5 from 1982 thanks to KiCad's new tracing tools. www.leadedsolder.com/2025/05/13/s... #retrocomputing #8bit #z80 #sord #sordm5 #kicad

SF! THIS WEEKEND! If you're in town you have to stop by, riso print some GB Camera snaps(!!!), get a copy of Katie's stellar Loopy zine, cute stickers, and more! 🤩

Ron speaks truth. This affects me directly. For me, it's not the difference between 25 and 5 pencils. It's the difference between 5 pencils and not having food. If you buy things from me, it affects you too, straight in the wallet. Call your reps. Tell them what's up. www.youtube.com/watc...

Some bodging and poking later, and I have finally gotten the Gotek to boot a disk image on the Sony SMC-777. Now to figure out how to bodge up the other disk images floating around, and to devise a mounting kit and faceplate. #retrocomputing #smc777 #cpm

I guess I did an okay job for my first time airbrushing a plastic model body. There's a bit of orange peel and a bit of runs and a bit of too little paint, but it should set up a decent base coat for the colour coat to come. Now just to decide on colour. #ミニ四駆 #mini4wd #tamiya

We want to reiterate: we're a publication running on a shoestring budget and we're still able to pay our writers an average amount, we could have a better ecosystem. If you have any passion for something that falls within out purview, we're happy to hear it. www.animefeminist.com/anifam/submi...

Trying to install Debian on my CHRP-based Genesi ODW #PowerPC workstation. I've had... varying success. Only one dead hardware component so far... #retrocomputing #linux #modulefun #chrp

As there isn't one already I've decided to try to create a bare metal diagnostic ROM for the Sinclair QL which replaces the system ROMs. Should work with minimally working system, output via serial and video. So far initial memory tests on base 128K done. github.com/stephen-ushe...

Switch 2? More like switch 2 the Casio Loopy so you can play Wanwan Aijou Monogatari in English for the first time ever! archive.org/details/pupp...

New blog post! Is it still possible to get cheap Z80-based home computers? VTech is on your side, as long as you don't look too closely at that keyboard (woof.) Let's learn and play together with an AV mod and Z80 ASM. #vtech #socrates #kicad #retrocomputing www.leadedsolder.com/2025/04/22/v...

I'm delighted to announce my English translation of Puppy Love Story on Casio Loopy, a visual novel penned by Kenji Terada. You can play on real hardware with a Floopy Drive, or emulate with LoopyMSE. I translated the manual as a little bonus too! Prepatched available at archive.org/details/pupp...

Hey Casio Loopy fans, the first English translation (and great localization) of Puppy Love Story is available! It even includes a translated manual!