8Bit, 16Bit, Retro computers, Retro Games, reviews, social community
8Bit, 16Bit, Retro computers, Retro Games, reviews, social community
I purchased this as spares repairs but after the seller graciously delivered it by hand and after a teardown and a cleanup it is back to life. Unfortunately my QL is currently in pieces receiving a minerva rom so a demo from a BBC micro will have to do. Something tells me it was from […]
Back in 2019 I was a bit of a retro rookie but I managed to nab myself a pretty cheap Sinclair QL which I repaired and managed to get working. So I had this perfectly working machine but discovered the 128k was very limiting and most of the microdrive cartridges I had wouldn’t work so […]
This was purchased from a family whose father had used the QL for his business in the 1980’s. The computer quickly outlived its usefullness and, as many Sinclair QL’s before it, was then stored in the loft and left unused for decades. The sale was described as turns on but unable to test. I didn’t […]
I finally received my much sought after Timex TS2068 or so I thought. I wasn’t sure if it was American made which requires a 15v supply or Portuguese which requires 9v supply so had to do some investigation. There was no psu supplied just the unit so I first had to figure the polarity of […]
Spectrum +2B with internal IDE Interface The Spectrum is a great machine but loading games takes upwards of 10 minutes and even on a +3 machine with a disk drive still takes minutes and thats if the disks still work after 30 plus years of use. I therefore decided to build something to improve the […]
