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The Sinclair ZX Spectrum+2 was the first home computer released by Amstrad after buying up Sinclair. It’s basically a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128, but with a proper keyboard and a …read more Continue reading Fixing 1986 Sinclair Spectrum+2 With a High-Score of Issues
[Mark B] had a problem. He’d come into possession of an Acer N30 PDA, sans batteries. He couldn’t just throw any old cells in, since the unit expected to communicate …read more Continue reading Emulating The Battery Controller In An Ancient Acer PDA
We all carry touch screen computers around in our pockets these days, but before the smartphone revolution, there was the personal digital assistant (PDA). While it wasn’t a commercial success, …read more Continue reading Apple Newton Gets Rebuilt Battery Pack
Who wouldn’t want to have a scanning electron microscope (SEM)? If you’re the person behind the ProjectsInFlight channel on YouTube, you certainly do. In a recent video it’s explained how he …read more Continue reading Saving an Electron Microscope from the Trash
We were recently notified by a reader that [Tom Evans] had filed a copyright claim against [Mark]’s repair video on his Mend it Mark YouTube channel, taking down said repair video …read more Continue reading The £25,000 Tom Evans Pre-Amp Repair and a Copyright Strike
We will admit it. If we found a 386 motherboard as badly corroded as the one [Bits und Bolts] did, we would trash it—not him, though. In fact, we were …read more Continue reading How Corroded Can a Motherboard Be?
[TheHWcave] found a Fluke 27 multimeter that looked like it had had quite a rough life. At first, the display flashed an overload indicator until he gave it a good …read more Continue reading Fluke Meter Fails with a Simple Problem
[eigma] had a difficult problem. After pulling a TV out of the trash and bringing it home, it turned out it was suffering from a troubling boot loop issue that …read more Continue reading Saving a Samsung TV From the Dreaded Boot Loop
When you tear into an old piece of test equipment, you’re probably going to come up against some surprises. That’s especially true of high-precision gear like oscilloscopes from the time …read more Continue reading Close Shave for an Old Oscilloscope Saved with a Sticky Note
When electronics release the Magic Smoke, more often than not it’s a fairly sedate event. Something overheats, the packaging gets hot enough to emit that characteristic and unmistakable odor, and …read more Continue reading Quick and Very Dirty Repair Gets Smoked PLC Back in the Game