About Author: James

Website
http://ncot.piku.org.uk
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If this were the 80s I'd be sat in front of a C64 or Speccy, or taking VCRs apart.

Posts by James

  • TweetHard drives are pretty fascinating things, full of complex and precisely machined pieces of metal that spin at high speeds. And they’re strangely reliable too, considering what’s in them. Well,...

    The insides of an iPod 1.8″ HDD and a 2.5GB Seagate Microdrive

    Posted on February 3, 2012 | No Comments
    TweetHard drives are pretty fascinating things, full of complex and precisely machined pieces of metal that spin at high speeds. And they’re strangely reliable too, considering what’s in them. Well,...

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  • TweetAmy just received this amusing piece of Chinese electronic tat from eBay. It’s a Hello Kitty branded MP3 player that bears a striking resemblance to a popular brand of portable...

    Fake Hello Kitty iPod Shuffle from eBay for £0.01

    Posted on January 18, 2012 | No Comments
    TweetAmy just received this amusing piece of Chinese electronic tat from eBay. It’s a Hello Kitty branded MP3 player that bears a striking resemblance to a popular brand of portable...

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  • TweetAfter the success of repairing my BBC Micro’s PSU I decided the act of shoving 30 year old floppies into an equally old drive, while amusing and all was a...

    A BBC Micro with an MMC Card… and some bad components

    Posted on January 6, 2012 | No Comments
    TweetAfter the success of repairing my BBC Micro’s PSU I decided the act of shoving 30 year old floppies into an equally old drive, while amusing and all was a...

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  • Tweet30 year old computers often have a few drawbacks, especially when the equally old components inside them start to malfunction. There is a known fault with the BBC Micro’s power...

    Repairing filtering capacitors on faulty BBC Micro PSU

    Posted on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Tweet30 year old computers often have a few drawbacks, especially when the equally old components inside them start to malfunction. There is a known fault with the BBC Micro’s power...

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  • TweetFrom the main Fignition website FIGnition is a £20 educational DIY computer which works like an 8-bit home Micro: outputting to composite video and ready to be interactively programmed from...

    Building a Fignition computer

    Posted on January 1, 2012 | 2 Comments
    TweetFrom the main Fignition website FIGnition is a £20 educational DIY computer which works like an 8-bit home Micro: outputting to composite video and ready to be interactively programmed from...

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