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This site contains useful notes to remind myself how to configure Linux, repair electronics or use technical features in common software.
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The horrors of cheap Chinese power supplies
Posted on December 15, 2012 | No CommentsTweetI needed a cheapo ethernet switch for a project so went off to a local computer shop and asked for exactly that. After getting it home I noticed the PSU... -
Stop your Citroen C3′s radio from beeping at you
Posted on February 24, 2012 | 1 CommentTweetHas this ever happened to you? You’re driving around listening to the radio, switch the car off to go and do something (fill up with petrol in my case) and... -
A BBC Micro with an MMC Card… and some bad components
Posted on January 6, 2012 | 1 CommentTweetAfter 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... -
Repairing filtering capacitors on faulty BBC Micro PSU
Posted on January 2, 2012 | 3 CommentsTweet30 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... -
Restoring missing Microsoft Excel workbook windows
Posted on September 15, 2011 | 1 CommentTweetI just had a rather strange problem with Microsoft Excel 2010. When opening the workbook nothing appeared on the screen: Evidently something had loaded since the formula bar contained data...