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Repairing filtering capacitors on faulty BBC Micro PSU
Posted on January 2, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet30 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... -
Building a Fignition computer
Posted on January 1, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweetFrom 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... -
Replacing Mac Mini HDD with 64GB Kingston SSD
Posted on December 24, 2011 | No CommentsNotes to remind myself how to configure my Mac so that its swap file is not stored on the SSD. -
Installing an SSD in a Late 2009 A1283 Mac Mini
Posted on August 16, 2011 | 8 CommentsTweetI recently bought an SSD for my Mac Mini. Being a late 2009 model with a 2.26GHz Core2Duo, 4Gb of RAM and a 500GB HDD there wasn’t much else I... -
Changing a headlamp bulb on a Citroen C3
Posted on March 5, 2011 | 42 CommentsTweetI own a Citroen C3 which is one of those cars where routine maintenance can turn into a half hour nightmare. Take, for example replacing the headlamp bulbs which should...