11 photos
Restoration of Atari ST, cleaning fixing and troubleshoot issues on the motherboard.
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Commodore 64 Strip Down
13 photos
A Commodore 64 motherboard with all the components removed. Cleaned the motherboard and protected it with Laquere. Reassembly of all the components step by step and cleaned the plastic case including the keyboard
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Iklin Local Council Exhibition 2001
18 photos
This was the first Official exhibition that the Vintage Computer club did way back in 2001. We got our first digital camera that at the time the photos where not so clear. It had a resolution of less then 1MPixel and software had to be used in order to enhance the photo.
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IPDS Restoration
4 photos
Alot of work had to be done on this machine as it was found in a damp store. Unfortunatley we did not take photos during the restoration. Now fully functional and calibrated up to standard.
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KCS Cartridge Strip Down
4 photos
Fixing and restoring to its original condition this KCS Power Cartridge.
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Microwafer Repair
24 photos
Photos while repairing a Microwafer Cassette.The problem with these cassettes is that the silver end tape marker detaches itself from the tape, which makes it unusable and need to be replaced. The photos show this process.
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Microwriter
7 photos
Photos taken while restoring Microwriter device. We got 2 of these kindy donated to us by Barry Newman as a thank you gift for repairing a PDP computer. The story is that the company who worked for used the Microwriter to take notes while taking orders.
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Olivetti Prodest Restoration
3 photos
The restore of this computer was not as easy as it looks. One of the issues was lack of documentation. The tape was very difficult to restore due that the heads where magnitized and replacment was not so easy. Now in fully working condition as new.
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PDP-11
27 photos
Kindly donated by Computime LTD, this computer was used mainly for time sharing and as an internal system. The restore is still in progress due that documentation is very limited but main module and one hard disk are functional. Next step is to find decent extractor fans blowers and some more memory modules.
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Restoring a Commodore 64
16 photos
Kindly donated this Commodore 64 took us just a few hours to clean it. It does not suffer from any yellowing as it was well kept. The only issue it had is that when turned on the characters where displayed in different colours, which was solved by replacing the color ram chip.
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Restoring a Lynx Computer
9 photos
Donated by a school, this computer was part of a batch of 20 used for educational porpose. This is the only that survived the trash can. Boxed with all manuals and accessories. The box is not 100% but its complete. The restoration was very easy as it was already fully functional and cleanup was straitforward as it was kept in the box.
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Restoring a Sord IS-11
21 photos
This was bought in a car boot sale for a 10'er. Its not functional yet but we had to clean it as traces of water was still in the unit. Next step is to get the computer to work.