I found my hacker box (sans box) with portable scope project. Hoping have all the parts so I can try it as a handy portable instead of my full desktop unit :)

Hope the USA military doesn’t discover how expensive this stuff is per oz, don’t want electronics supply stores being sent any democracy

@pimoroni.com will you be getting the @adafruit Fruit Jam in stock at some point?

Decided it is the right thing to do, even though the binaries are available from the usual sources too.

Ooh this I did not know, I have had so many issues with this over the years. Of course I rebuilt my site in several programming languages between 1994 and 2006~ when I settled on WP

Old meet new ❤️ #c64 #c64u

After all this time it’s still a “pinch me” moment when I see my name in print 🤩 #computegazette

EFF YASSS 🥳

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@visitthecave.bsky.social do you ever do “repair days”? If not, idea for an event? Kind of bring your slightly broken retro gear and fix it under adult supervision thing :)

So far this year my success rate of repairs has been pitiful. I blame the UK weather 🤭

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you!

TRIMUI SMART PRO S TG5050 first play

Was kind of hoping a bad connection or trace would jump out at me but electrically this M4 board looks fine so I’m stumped and will have to eat the cost of another one #amstradcpc464

Amazing, who'd have thought the C64* would have sold 19,000 units in 2025 * ish

New year housekeeping. I do need to have a better system for recording quick videos, perhaps I should finally upgrade to a phone with USB-C

Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

My headless linux dev machine was off without me realizing over christmas and is now spewing errors on boot. FFS, I know people have machines with 10 year uptime but apparently that is not an option for me

I’m not going to make “resolutions” this year because that feels too much like pass/fail, but I do want to work on some things more actively. How do I do that?

Well my Amstrad M4 board showed the ROM config *once* and now it is back to giving the impression of being bricked. This is on two CPC 464 machines so fairly certain it is the board, but I ordered a Dandanator board so will know more when that arrives (holiday postal services permitting).

Merry Christmas to me 😁🕹️ Nextcade from @fusion_retro_books

ZX81 RAM pack built and working 🥳

Audio-in mod on Amstrad CPC 464 based on Noel’s Retro Lab approach seems to work well. Next up add tape drive control signals … 🎶 🕹️

"Hey valued customer! You know that one-off gift you bought for someone else? We are now going to email you four times per day (or more!) - forever - as if it is the main thing you think about 24/7! Haha no you CAN'T unsubscribe, silly goose 😅"

Finally got my real Spectrum+ keyboard connected up to my Xberry Pi! #zxnext retrogamecoders.com/control-your...

Will I fix this before every chip is in a socket?

Hello World! (It works!) This one is from Age Concern charity shop. Had bad power, but turned out to be leaked battery damage and a sketchy power brick - bargain! 🤩 #amstradnc100

The new ultimate c64 is nice and all for existing c64 stuff but what would be really cool would be to do like ZX Next and add a more powerful mode/core .. 256 colours, more sprites, blitter, more scrolling layers, two sids

Introduction to programming the commodore PET retrogamecoders.com/introduction...

Anybody else remember when - occasionally - something cool or good used to happen? I swear this is real

Woot my scope works on uk 🔌 It’s overkill, over priced, and over complicated for 8 bit computers (underpowered for ESP32 and Pico at full MHz, though) but it’s saved me from a lot of desoldering over the years 🤩

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How to use sprites on the C64 (with three versions of BASIC!) retrogamecoders.com/how-c64-spri...

Have you seen this? It's the literary map of London. I think it's Fabulous!!

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🥳 ZX81 AV mod. Just need a new keyboard membrane now!

Commodore PET Added to my online retro IDE 🥳 CBM BASIC, XC-BASIC3, C, and ASM ✅

Amstrad NC100 now has power but had to order a replacement ribbon cable to hopefully get the screen working 🤨

I did guess the fact all he needed to do was put some batteries in that untested meant broken 🤭 Could have given it a wipe down though, it doesn’t show in the photo but it’s filthy. Going to need a good bath 🧼

Perhaps I should stop buying broken computers and start fixing them 🤔

Well that seems like a solid approach. A+ pro tip 🌟

Some C64 hires experimentation for a festive project 🎅🏼

Bridging connections should simulate a key press right? Which means something is borked on the main board?

Then: "Why is it taking sooo loooong?? How hard can it possibly be?!" Now: "Oh. Huh. Ah well, ship it anyway." See also: "It works for me" has moved seats from the developer to the client side now. Sorry, but all your clients are not going to view it from some middle manager's laptop.

These permanent breadboards from pcbway came out amazing! It might not look like it, but just like a regular breadboard the power rails and columns are connected - much more convenient than perfboard

Got wifi working on my Xberry Pi ZX Spectrum Next eventually retrogamecoders.com/zx-spectrum-...

The problem with "community supported" projects instead of having documentation and user guides is sometimes the community gets grouchy supporting and troubleshooting, which makes the community look hostile. On another, unrelated note, I am having trouble with ZX Next.

First disappointment with the Xberry Pi, can’t get the wifi to work using the provided tools (hangs on “installing driver”)

Xberry Pi now has Pi Zero accelerator. Next up, ESP 8266 for WiFi …

One mistake but I think I got away with it #rc2014 🤭