In this short series, we are going to kit out my bare-bones Apple IIe to make it fit for “modern use”. Using an Apple IIe can be fun but also a little challenging in 2025. We’ll dive into the particulars of the Apple IIe, the 1983 refresh that gave you 64Kb of RAM, but still left most of the configuration down to you. So, lets get started by learning what we have to work with!
Category: Video
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5 Super Upgrades for a Vintage Dell E520 Gaming PC
We are going to UPGRADE with a capital G this Win xp era Dell E520 Vintage PC. It may be a typical retro computer now, but with these 5 SUPER upgrades this 20 year old retro PC will be now of the finest vintage to play a great era of Windows PC Games. Whats on the upgrade rosta? Well, pretty much EVERYTHING. We’ll install some top tier upgrades and then benchmark them. Watch on to see PC equivalent of the Six Million Dollar Man!
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Can we Resurrect this Dell Dimension E520?
This 20 year old Dell E520 Windows XP PC, was abandoned on a kerb side and does not work. Can it arise from the flames? Maybe, but we will have to fix its broken wings! We will repair it’s bulging and leaking caps, upgrade its PSU and fit a powerful nVidia graphics card (or two!). The mission is to restore this old PC and make it into an era busting vintage XP gaming power-house. But first we must get some kind of pulse from this vintage DELL.
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This Abandoned Dell PC Almost Became E-Waste
Is this old Dell vintage PC destined for landfill? Left at the side of a road, ready to be ground to metal dust. But does it have a possible 2nd life, as a vintage retro gaming PC? I want to play Temple Of Elemental Evil and other XP games on it, so…. What’s inside? Any hardware treasures? Does it Even work?
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Amiga CD32 CH02: Can I save this leaking-cap time bomb?
My CD32 is now up and running, but what about Leigh’s? Well, lets get on with replacing ALL of the caps on his machines mainboard. Should it survive the procedure, it should be future proof. Then lets test it out ,with some classic CD32 titles!
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Amiga CD32 CH01: Can I fix this rare Commodore Treasure?
I’m reviving this rare Amiga CD32! Bulging, leaking caps scream “recap time,” so Iām tackling all 28+ SMD capacitors. Who knew replacing Retro gaming console caps could be this exciting? Hit play and enjoy this 2-part epic restoration journey ā There is even a “guest star”, flown in at great expense!
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Converting Epic Harmon Kardon Speakers For My Retro G4 Cube!
My Apple computer retro Macintosh G4 Cube has no speakers. So I bought replacements, well.. no, they turned out to be G4 iMac speakers! But today I bought a G4 Cube Amplifier… with its speakers missing! Can I Frankenstein these two together, to get my G4 Cube pumping out high quality audio? Lets find out!
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Starting My Journey at the Iconic Bitmap Brothers Studio
The Bitmap Brothers are a Legendary 16-bit game developer. In 1994 I went for a job interview at their offices in Wapping. Watch-on, to learn how I began my game career journey at the Bitmap Brothers as a 3D artist. How would I fit into one of the most famous game developers in history. Watch on, its a fun journey!
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Amiga 40th Anniversary: A Celebration with Friends!
Join me as I attend the Amiga 40th Anniversary Event at the Centre For Computing History, in Cambridge UK. RJ Mical was to attend, along with famous game devs of the era. Even better, the venue would be stacked with vintage electronics and amazing vintage computers, from Mini Computers, to the Commodore 64 and Apple I computer, and on to games Nintendo and SEGA consoles. Lets have fun on my computer history museum tour!
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Can I fix my Macintosh LC475’s Video, Recap It AND then Overclock it? High stakes!
My vintage Macintosh LC475, an important machine in Apple Computer History, has poor video and on top of this it’s capacitors are ALL leaking, causing damage to its logic board! It really NEEDS restoration. So we need to get into this machine urgently, to get those caps replaced (ideally without pcb pad repair) and then do some troubleshooting and fault diagnosis to find a fix for its ailing video output! Oh, and for good measure, we’ll “overclock” it from 25MHz to 40MHz!