Tasty » Adam Sampson's repair bookmarks

martinjonestechnology | What's going on in the workshop? edit / delete

Interesting repair articles for various bits of test equipment and arcade boards.

to arcade electronics repair test-equipment ... on 03 October 2014

Rejuvenating Old Meters, February 1943 QST - RF Cafe edit / delete

Repairing and balancing mechanical meters. (I got here from an article about calibrating AVO meters...)

to electronics mechanica meter repair retrotech ... on 03 October 2014

Thinkpad Hacking: LED Backlight Conversions edit / delete

"Converting a Thinkpad from a CCFL to an LED backlight is a straightforward process, though there's some DIY involved." Pretty comprehensive.

to backlight ccfl electronics inverter laptop led repair thinkpad ... on 24 August 2014

Ray Carlsen's Home Page edit / delete

Repair guides for all the Commodore 8-bit machines and many of the peripherals (disk drives, monitors).

to 6502 8bit c128 c16 c64 commodore disk electronics monitor psu repair retrocomputing ... on 05 August 2014

90th IDPG Manuals edit / delete

A variety of US Army manuals. I came here via a link to the one on watch and clock repair -- but the manuals on how to run an army band (including instructions for violin repair and the instruction to avoid "violent, enervating jazz" when planning hospital concerts) are also fascinating.

to army clock etext manual mechanica military music repair retrotech watch ... on 10 July 2014

neoncluster edit / delete

A collection of vintage computers, with restoration details -- from a New Zealand perspective.

to electronics nz repair retrocomputing ... on 01 July 2014

IBM 51xx PC Family Computers edit / delete

Manuals and repair information for IBM 51xx machines. I ought to get my AT up and running again at some point, now I've found all the bits of it. (One of the classiccmp posters has one that's been upgraded enough to run Linux, which is kind of neat...) -- As of 2015 I've now done this, and this site was very helpful!

to at electronics etext ibm pc repair retrocomputing xt ... on 16 June 2014

Shenzhen Trip Part 1 – Hacker Camp edit / delete

Learning how to replace BGA chips by hand. I'd like to visit Shenzhen at some point...

to bga electronics repair training ... on 27 April 2014

Laughton Electronics | does what other contractors can't or won't edit / delete

Some great reverse engineering, and a couple of interesting homebrew CPU designs: a 14500-ish 1-bit CPU using an EPROM, and a 24-bit extension to the 6502.

to 6502 cpu electronics homebrew microcontroller microprocessor repair reverse-engineering ... on 27 April 2014

the restart project | repair, don't despair! towards a better relationship with electronics edit / delete

A movement I can get behind.

to electronics repair ... on 20 July 2013