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I never met a broken TV I didn't like. Come read the blog at www.leadedsolder.com and see what old junk computers I'm fixing this week.

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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 30/09/2026
Crocs are for high-voltage isolation
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Ian Scott @polpo.org · 30/09/2026
Saw a guy wearing ESD safe birkenstocks at work today. I aspire to that level of drip
A classic Birkenstock sandal, except it had a yellow button on it with the ESD logo and what looks like metal rivets in the insole
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 30/09/2026
I suspect Fujitsu made a couple of the ASICs on here. They're working together!!
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 29/09/2026
maybe they can ask claude how to do a git revert next
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 29/09/2026
New blog post! It's fall, when our thoughts turn to repairing battery-damaged Sharp microcomputers. Maybe that's just me. www.leadedsolder.com/2026/09/29/x... #retrocomputing #x68000
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Dogfighting the Sharp X68000 ACE
When we were first introduced to the X68000 ACE, we saw that the board was very corroded from battery damage. Later on, I whacked the battery out of it and did my best to clean up the corrosion withou...
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 28/09/2026
(Trying to teach my 3d printer to smoke Gitaines)
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 27/09/2026
Yeah, that's my understanding for a few. Some of them need SGM so I think they may be MSX ports?
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 27/09/2026
Doubt it makes a big difference. If memory serves, all of those are homebrew ports. I wonder if they do something special?
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 27/09/2026
Not yet. I wonder how it could possibly be a different method of joystick reading. I'll disassemble and find out
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Virtvic @tenpencearcade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New video game console made - A Colecovision and controller from @leadedsolder.com LEAKO project - Substack blog - virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/p/im-a-recre...
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 27/09/2026
Joystick came out great! For a moment I had forgotten i even made a pcb.
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 26/09/2026
Don't remember testing too many in particular. Got an example I can look into?
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 24/09/2026
It looks like one of those devices the TV used to sell seniors for when they fell down the stairs
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 23/09/2026
I want to do a Bit 90 first but a Dina is probably very possible; it even gets rid of all the troublesome analogue stuff on the ColecoVision controllers.
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 23/09/2026
He(?) used to just be a happy little bao and now they gave him(?) a body. This was a mistake
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 20/09/2026
Nice job! I sure wouldn't have the patience for that cart slot wiring. If you can find it, "Future" furniture spray is supposed to be pretty good at making plastic shiny.
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Virtvic @tenpencearcade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another Sega project, written up for your consumption on Substack - virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/p/im-a-recre...
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I’m a Recreationist.
No, it’s really not a religious thing.
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 20/09/2026
Wow, she looks great. Did they groom her??
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 19/09/2026
It felt fear
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 19/09/2026
I'll get mine working, no worries! I forgot there was even a French version. Yeno?
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 19/09/2026
I'd love to. I gotta get mine working first!
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 19/09/2026
Unbelievable. You should write a book. My folks had a turbo Caravan 5-speed and I thought that was weird
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 19/09/2026
I would also set a clown on fire for a Citroen BX or CX. So really good taste all around here.
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 18/09/2026
What a beautiful frame! I see where you get it from now though. You didn't even stand a chance
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 18/09/2026
weird looking newton
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 16/09/2026
Yahoo Auctions might have single figs?
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 15/09/2026
Doesn't look like I shared them, but they exist. Maybe hold off until I get the joystick/keyboard worked out.
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 15/09/2026
The system itself seems pretty complete, the joystick adapter still needs me to finish it. I suspect I could make it work really easily with an Atari style joystick...
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 14/09/2026
Good luck!
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 14/09/2026
I feel like you have a lot to *teach*, if you wanted to look at it that way!
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 11/09/2026
In case you're curious how it works, there's a great writeup here: oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/01/here...
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Here be four bits of dragons: the Mattel Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game and the TMS1100
When my parents sold the house and moved to the great white north, they dropped off a few boxes of my stuff that was still in the garage. ...
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Computer Chronicles Revisited @deviledeggpress.com · 11/09/2026
Lockard's story is incredible. He appeared on a 1987 "Computer Chronicles" to discuss turning his Mahjong Solitaire game into Activision's "Shanghai." www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chr...
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Computer Chronicles Revisited 99 — Shanghai, Tower of Myraglen, Earl Weaver Baseball, and Ferrari Formula One
The Computer Chronicles discusses computer games
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 11/09/2026
At the very least, the next time I feel bad about my routing I can go and look at this. You'd think autorouting would be the thing these glorified MegaHALs are good at.
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 10/09/2026
if i won the lottery there would be signs (every shitbox within 1000km immediately raises its asking price $500)
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embedded-ideas.de @embedded-ideas.de · 10/09/2026
New blog post. This time about capturing display signals from the WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color. #wonderswan #retrogaming #oshw #wonderswancolor #modding www.embedded-ideas.de/posts/260910...
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Capturing WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color display data
A short introduction to the display signals on the WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color with driver examples implemented on the RP2350 (Pi Pico 2)
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 10/09/2026
They were afraid because 789
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 10/09/2026
The 556 is just two 555s in a trench coat trying to sneak into a movie. I did not know about the 1555 though, that seems interesting
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 10/09/2026
If the 555 is so good how come they never came out with a 556
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 09/09/2026
Good luck Gracie!!
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 08/09/2026
Yeah, I was hoping that would rule out the cable at least
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 08/09/2026
Can you actuate the clutch throwout lever from outside/by hand?
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 08/09/2026
New blog post! I did a post about embedding a font in a HyperCard stack, since I saw someone else do it and wanted to see if I could too. www.leadedsolder.com/2026/09/08/h... #hypercard #68kmac
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Embedding a bitmap font in your HyperCard stack
I’ve loved HyperCard for a really long time now. As a kid, I made simple games in it. As what could arguably be called “an adult,” I now want to play with HyperCard itself to see what weird stuff I ca...
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 08/09/2026
Por qué no los dos?
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 07/09/2026
uuuuughh condolences
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 06/09/2026
"What's Touhou?" as you shell out to start another game of Chitty Chitty Train
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 06/09/2026
Those are pretty long wires! Should still work though.
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 05/09/2026
"We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture"
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 05/09/2026
Good news, I *also* don't use that one! I do not think I have many of those though. Clearly less common than the 12 and up...
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leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 05/09/2026
I have so many useless 13mm sockets and wrenches. I feel like we should set up a co-op where Japanese guys and Euro guys trade their unused sockets
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Virtvic @tenpencearcade.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@leadedsolder.com Here is your project, made by me - virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/p/sg-1000-re...
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SG-1000 (Recreated)
Did you see this one coming?
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