Reposted by leaded solderIan Scott @polpo.org · 30/09/2026Saw a guy wearing ESD safe birkenstocks at work today. I aspire to that level of drip 4433
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 30/09/2026I suspect Fujitsu made a couple of the ASICs on here. They're working together!! 010
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 29/09/2026maybe they can ask claude how to do a git revert next 031
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 29/09/2026New 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 #x68000leadedsolder.comDogfighting the Sharp X68000 ACEWhen 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... 2224
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 27/09/2026Yeah, that's my understanding for a few. Some of them need SGM so I think they may be MSX ports? 000
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 27/09/2026Doubt it makes a big difference. If memory serves, all of those are homebrew ports. I wonder if they do something special? 100
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 27/09/2026Not yet. I wonder how it could possibly be a different method of joystick reading. I'll disassemble and find out 110
Reposted by leaded solderVirtvic @tenpencearcade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New video game console made - A Colecovision and controller from @leadedsolder.com LEAKO project - Substack blog - virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/p/im-a-recre... 1162
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 27/09/2026Joystick came out great! For a moment I had forgotten i even made a pcb. 110
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 26/09/2026Don't remember testing too many in particular. Got an example I can look into? 100
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 24/09/2026It looks like one of those devices the TV used to sell seniors for when they fell down the stairs 110
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 23/09/2026I 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. 111
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 23/09/2026He(?) used to just be a happy little bao and now they gave him(?) a body. This was a mistake 020
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 20/09/2026Nice 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. 000
Reposted by leaded solderVirtvic @tenpencearcade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Another Sega project, written up for your consumption on Substack - virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/p/im-a-recre...virtvicstinkerings.substack.comI’m a Recreationist.No, it’s really not a religious thing. 162
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 19/09/2026I'll get mine working, no worries! I forgot there was even a French version. Yeno? 111
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 19/09/2026Unbelievable. You should write a book. My folks had a turbo Caravan 5-speed and I thought that was weird 120
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 19/09/2026I would also set a clown on fire for a Citroen BX or CX. So really good taste all around here. 120
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 18/09/2026What a beautiful frame! I see where you get it from now though. You didn't even stand a chance 120
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 15/09/2026Doesn't look like I shared them, but they exist. Maybe hold off until I get the joystick/keyboard worked out. 010
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 15/09/2026The 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... 110
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 14/09/2026I feel like you have a lot to *teach*, if you wanted to look at it that way! 010
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 11/09/2026In case you're curious how it works, there's a great writeup here: oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/01/here...oldvcr.blogspot.comHere be four bits of dragons: the Mattel Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game and the TMS1100When 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. ... 011
Reposted by leaded solderComputer Chronicles Revisited @deviledeggpress.com · 11/09/2026Lockard'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...computerchronicles.blogComputer Chronicles Revisited 99 — Shanghai, Tower of Myraglen, Earl Weaver Baseball, and Ferrari Formula OneThe Computer Chronicles discusses computer games 04210
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 11/09/2026At 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. 000
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 10/09/2026if i won the lottery there would be signs (every shitbox within 1000km immediately raises its asking price $500) 020
Reposted by leaded solderembedded-ideas.de @embedded-ideas.de · 10/09/2026New 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...embedded-ideas.deCapturing WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color display dataA short introduction to the display signals on the WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color with driver examples implemented on the RP2350 (Pi Pico 2) 37117
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 10/09/2026The 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 130
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 10/09/2026If the 555 is so good how come they never came out with a 556 200
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 08/09/2026Yeah, I was hoping that would rule out the cable at least 010
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 08/09/2026Can you actuate the clutch throwout lever from outside/by hand? 110
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 08/09/2026New 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 #68kmacleadedsolder.comEmbedding a bitmap font in your HyperCard stackI’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... 062
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 06/09/2026"What's Touhou?" as you shell out to start another game of Chitty Chitty Train 010
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 06/09/2026Those are pretty long wires! Should still work though. 100
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 05/09/2026Good 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... 010
leaded solder @leadedsolder.com · 05/09/2026I 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 110
Reposted by leaded solderVirtvic @tenpencearcade.bsky.social · 04/09/2026@leadedsolder.com Here is your project, made by me - virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/p/sg-1000-re...virtvicstinkerings.substack.comSG-1000 (Recreated)Did you see this one coming? 1214