I was very honoured to be mentioned in ElReg today as they celebrated 40 years of the ZX81, my first computer. As a volunteer at The National Museum […]
Raspberry Pi / Vintage Tech
Raspberry Pi + iPad Screen + iCade = Bartop
Way back when, I bought an iCade. This bartop-style arcade machine was actually a very pretty bluetooth controller. Simply slot your first-generation iPad into the ‘screen’ and pair. […]
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Re-Capping a ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrums tend to suffer from two major problems. The earlier keyboard membranes were made from the finest Japanese rice paper and would shatter into a million pieces […]
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ZX Raspberry Version 2
In which our hero downsizes radically A couple of months ago we held the first in the ‘regeneration’ of the Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam. I took along my […]
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An Atari 2600 in a Cartridge
You know when you’re having that long-overdue clean-out and you find a few things stashed away you’d forgotten about? From when you said “that’ll make a great project […]
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Building The ZX Raspberry – Part Four
In which our hero is unable to leave well alone A little epilogue to the ZX Raspberry project. I came into possession of a very dead ZX Spectrum+ […]
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BBC Micro Model B Memory Repair
So, what do you do when your BBC Model B looks like this? You throw it in the skip of course! Nah, just kidding, you Google like a […]
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Building The ZX Raspberry – Part Three
In which our hero triumphs over excessive wiring Back in Part 2, I completed the USB keyboard conversion of an old, abandoned ZX Spectrum. The next, and final, […]
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Building The ZX Raspberry – Part Two
In which our hero enters the (keyboard) matrix… Ok, time to burn stuff. After hatching a plan in Part One, I’m now ready to proceed with my Frankenspeccy. […]
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Building The ZX Raspberry – Part One
In which our hero plans and schemes Despite wanting to convert a ZX Spectrum into a USB keyboard for some time, I held off to wait for the […]