New blog post! Because it seemed like a deal, I bought a CRT monitor that is meant for a computer I don't have. Can I trick it into working with a computer I *do* have? #retrocomputing #crt #crtrepair #pc98 #fm77

https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/07/07/fujitsu-mb27331-crt-monitor-pickup-pc9801uv.html

Woot! The final games from Llamasoft’s 2011/13 Minotaur Project are preserved *

You’ll need a jailbroken device running iOS 10 or earlier: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/03/08/playing-old-llamasoft-iphone-and-ipad-games/

Caverns of Minos
Deflex
Five a Day *
Goat Up
Goat Up 2 *
Gridrunner
Minotaur Rescue
Minotron: 2112
Super Ox Wars *

Thanks @llamasoft_ox @gilesgoat

New blog post! Sometimes understanding yourself is long, and torturous, and brutal. Other times you just buy an Apple IIgs and realize... everyone missed out on this cool little machine. #retrocomputing #apple2 #falcom #ys https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/06/16/apple-iigs-pickup-ram-expansion-ys.html

Old blog post! Remember when... I fixed up this super-cool-looking NEC monochrome monitor?

This thing is probably the coolest-looking CRT in existence.

https://www.leadedsolder.com/2023/11/14/nec-jb-1260-crt-monitor-repair.html #retrocomputing #crtrepair #crt

Strait's closed, pizza boy. Find another way home

New blog post! I came across a fully-interactive offline archive(!!) of a BBS from 1994 and wanted to share an interactive walkthrough of it. Let's explore 90s Kansai online and see what people were chatting about.

https://cdrom.ca/games/2026/05/30/xd.html

Building a tiny model engine to put in a tiny model truck. This has taken a long time and doesn't look all that great. #plamodel

Petition to Withdraw Bill C-22 — https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416

This is on the House of Commons e-Petitions site, and sponsored by MP Jenny Kwan.

#CanPoli #Bill_c22 #Canada

New blog post! We enter the era of CD-ROM multimedia, which will usher in great prosperity and eternal peace for humankind. Also we fix a bad power supply. https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/05/26/fujitsu-fm-towns-ii-hr20-power-supply-repair-pickup.html #fujitsu #retrocomputing #kicad

New side blog post! I painted a little toy car. https://plasmadash.com/2026/05/21/daxing-rising-trigger-build-and-paint.html #mini4wd #tamiya #daxing #airbrush

you wouldn't rotate your DOS

Here we are, the first Epoch Super Cassette Vision dev cartridge - because I know everyone was clamouring for it. Will release it soon (#opensource of course) #RetroGaming #IndieDev #RetroDev

New blog post! Sometimes *new* stuff can break too. This big ol' #Samsung LCD betrayed my buddy, so I set about forcing it back to work. https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/05/05/samsung-syncmaster-245b-resistor-fix-panel-damaged.html #repair

New blog post! Are x86, ARM, and even PowerPC too mainstream for you? Let's all say hello to LoongArch, by getting a Loongson motherboard from a Chinese scrap market.

https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/04/14/loongson-ls3a5000-debian-linux.html

#loongson #3a5000 #linux

New blog post! It's part five of my quest to make my very own #ColecoVision. This time, I let other people build one too, and make sure I actually included all the parts! There's still some bugs to work out, but I do still love my first clone system.

#retrogaming #kicad #coleco

https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/03/24/colecovision-diy-part-5.html

this ai bubble is going to burst any minute now, and we all know what that means: cheap data centre rack space in huge quantities.

can we use server racks to grow salad instead of swindle? i set out to find out: https://sa.lj.am/rack-mount-hydroponics/

Finally getting around to unboxing this FM-77 (non-AV) CRT monitor that Surugaya sent me with *free shipping to Canada*. Hopefully it works; they probably won't do a deal that dumb again. #retrocomputing #fm7 #fujitsu

New blog post! This TRS-80 Model 1 was found in the bottom of a trash bin, smashed to bits by heavy printers and cash registers above it. Will it ever run again?

#retrocomputing #tandy #trs80 #trs80model1

https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/03/03/trs80-model-1-power-supply-case-fix.html

Prototype of #TRS80 CoCo #FujiNet which uses the cartridge bus –and not the CoCo RS232 serial port– booting up the FujiNet CONFIG program. Shows the splash and goes into the menu! The prototype board uses a PicoROM wired direct to the bus, all IO is sent out over the USB port. This is the same technique currently being used by the MSX FujiNet prototype too.

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #TRS80CoCo

If you're a swiss resident ( or know one ... ) you can get a custom hardware design onto an ASIC for FREE !!!

You get back one chip with your design (and a bunch of others!) and some board to help bring up/testing.

Also, this is "resident", no need to be a student or at uni or anything, you just need a valid Swiss address ...

I know I might be repeating myself here because I mentioned it a few month back but this bear repeating IMHO.

https://swisschips.ethz.ch/news-and-events/tiny-tapeout-submission-form.html

PS: Can I haz boost for reach ?