[the publish date is retroactively published] These retro computers come in beige and with UV ‘protection’. Unfortunately, the UV ‘protection’ makes these plastic cases go a not very nice looking nicotine yellow, or as Retro recipes have called it, ‘Dirty beige’. So I wanted to buy some really nice covers for my devices. (the date […]
[the publish date is retroactively published] There are problems with buying original hardware; one is you WILL overspend, and the other is you start getting nostalgic for things you’ve never had. Also, I kept drooling over floppy drives on eBay. Things came to a head in October; I bought a 1541-ii. The VERY drive I […]
[the publish date is retroactively published] I knew my trusty Commodore 64 was a ‘real computer’ (as in I could buy disk drives and printers) and always wanted to do ‘real work’ on it. So, I looked at buying a mouse for my C64. As the original ones are a tad pricey (in the UK, […]
As mentioned in an earlier post, I kept hold of my Raspberry Pi and the breakout board of my BMC64 so that I could put it into a Breadbin case. So, off to eBay I went, as I knew there was a seller there that sells complete C64s and parts called phil6581. I bought an […]
[the publish date is retroactively published] So, the BMC64 and C64C both have had the same issue. They are displayed under the TV, but to use them, meant moving the computer, connecting it to power, connecting the peripherals and then playing. When I finished, I did the whole thing in reverse. If I kept this […]
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