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    • Unknown 9x12 folding plate
    • Voigtlander Bessa
    • Voigtlander Bessa (Germany)
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  • A Lego Addiction
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Harlequin 128 repair

23/1/2026

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Click on the image below to see how it went.
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coming soon - Acorn Atom restoration

23/9/2025

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Video Genie II EG3008 Restoration

19/9/2025

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Click on image for more information (or drive by menu above)
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Tatung Einstein Restoration

31/7/2024

 
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​Follow my journey of the restoration of a Tatung Einstein computer. Always wanted one of these back in the 80's but out of my price range at the time.
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Acorn Electron 39870 restoration

1/7/2024

 
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Acorn Atom replica build

23/6/2024

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The story so far....

​I chose to work on the keyboard and case parts first, click on the picture to go directly to the full writeup. 
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Amstrad CPC 6128

2/8/2023

 
Newly acquired 6128, doesn't need a lot of work but needs a few mods to bring it up to date.
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AVO 8 MkIII

16/7/2023

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A recently acquired AVO 8 MkIII in need of some TLC, the movement had been crushed by the glass having being pushed in.

​A Before and After, again, clicking on the image will take you to the complete story...
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Altair 8800 replica restoration

3/5/2023

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Acquired an old Altair 8800 replica by Briel Computers.
Looked a bit beaten up, the front panel had some extra 'mystery' holes that looked like they were made with a chisel and some of the lettering had worn away.
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HEKTOR 1A Complete! (for now)

27/6/2022

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​One of the finished units.
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    Welcome

    With over 50 years experience in Electronics, Communications and IT I decided back in 2017 that it was time to retire.
    This is what Life in Retirement means for me.
    ​This Blog will provide pointers into much more detailed pages of the various 'aspects' of my hobbies.
    Or, you can of  course browse via the menus above.   ​Hope you find something there of interest.

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  • HOME
  • Vintage Computer Restoration
    • Tools & Techniques
    • Acorn Atom replica build
    • Acorn Electron 36951 restoration
    • Acorn Electron 39870 restoration
    • Altair 8800 replica
    • Amstrad CPC6128
    • AVO 8 MkIII
    • Dragon 32 board
    • Harlequin 128
    • HEKTOR 1A Restoration
    • Ohio Superboard
    • Tatung Einstein
    • Toshiba MSX
    • Video Genie
  • Film Camera Restoration
    • Photography
    • Tools and Techniques
    • Leica M3
    • Yashica 635
    • Zorki 4k (Red)
    • Agfa Isolette
    • Canon AE-1 Program
    • Canon AL-1 QF
    • Canon Canonet Junior
    • Canon Canonet QL17 G-III
    • Chinon Genesis III
    • Coronet 6x6
    • Coronet Twelve-20
    • FED 4
    • Halina 35X
    • Kodak Junior 1
    • Konstruktor (Lomography)
    • Olympus OM-1
    • Palmat Automatic
    • Pentax P30
    • Praktica LTL
    • Rank Aldis
    • Unknown 9x12 folding plate
    • Voigtlander Bessa
    • Voigtlander Bessa (Germany)
    • Zeiss Ikon Contessa LK
    • Zenit TTL
    • Zorki 4 (Green)
    • Zorki 4K (Black)
  • A Lego Addiction
  • Contact