If you are among vintage computer enthusiasts, you certainly know the Commodore Amiga: real masterpieces in the history of computers. This machines, launched in the late 1980s and in the 90s, conquered the heart of numerous [...]
Good morning friends! Today I conduct you in a short but exciting journey in the Ctrl+Alt Museum museum in Pavia. Together with Davide and Alberto Fornasiero of the Historybit Museum, we ventured into an unforgettable experience. From the moment I crossed the [...]
Do you remember the IBM 300GL that I purchased some time ago? I had talked about it in this article. Now, I decided to update the computer a little and enhance it with some tabs: a sound card and a network card. I also have [...]
Finally I finished assembling the vintage computer shelves I bought on Amazon! 🙂 I mounted them in the office. I'm filling them with the back computers I have in the collection, but also with devices and cards [...]
Today we talk about this Philips NMS 8280: a vintage computer that I bought back in 2021, when I went away to buy a huge batch of computers! The Philips NMS 8280 computer The Philips NMS8280 is a computer of the [...]
Is this IBM 300GL computer vintage enough? Intel Pentium II processor at 400 MHz, 512 MB of RAM and 2 GB of hard disk!
Let's test the Philips VG-5000 I bought on eBay? The seller stated that it is functional.
In this episode of the video course on the basic language of the back computer, we introduce the MSX Basic. It is a very powerful language, with many commands. In the same video, let's see how to save and upload the basic program to tape. You don't have a computer […]
Finally, here is a step by step tutorial to build an audio/video cable for MSX Philips VG 8000, VG 8010 and VG 8020! By connecting your vintage computer to the TV via the composite audio/video cable, rather than through antenna, image and audio [...]
I found the advert for this computer on eBay: it's a Philips VG 8010 MSX, which I was missing from my collection. All things considered, it had a fairly interesting price, because other offers I had found on the same computer were actually more expensive. […]
Vi presento il mio "nuovo" Commodore 128D 100% NON testato, che ho acquistato su eBay. Lo proviamo? Secondo voi, funzionerà? Acquisto del Commodore 128D 100% NON testato Mi capita, di tanto in tanto, di acquistare qualche computer vintage per la […]
Good morning and welcome back on the blog and on the Valorosoit channel. If you like retrocomputer and vintage electronics, you are in the right place! Today we take the Commodore Amiga 1200 test, which has just arrived from Ebay, through the Amigatestkit utility. It was [...]
Do you know what ASMR videos are? They are those videos in which you record only the sound of some objects, rather than the sound of people while eating... So here is an ASMR video on the sound of all the keyboards of the back [...]
Anche oggi... video triste! Ho ordinato su eBay un Commodore SX-64, il Commdore 64 executive: la versione "portatile", per intenderci. L'inserzione eBay mostrava un computer perfetto e funzionante. L'unico difetto, dichiarato dal venditore, è l'assenza della tastiera, che dovrei trovare […]
Many of you have asked me how the dispute on eBay ended, relating to the Commodore Plus/4, which arrived defective, which I showed you in the last video. The situation went very well and, in this article, I will explain to everyone […]
I wasn't sure I wanted to publish this video, also because, in the end, I felt enormous DISAPPOINTMENT! Towards the middle of the video I start to feel less cheerful! Here is the unboxing of a Commodore Plus/4 that I bought on eBay... with... disappointment! Some […]
On the occasion of my visit to the HistoryBit retro computer collection, I had the pleasure of meeting Davide Fornasiero, together with his brother Alberto Fornasiero. Davide has always been passionate about vintage technology. He made this documentary, which describes the evolution [...]
Here, finally, the proof of the Commodore PET CBM 8032 that I had purchased on eBay in the United States and that I had told you about in this video. I found a way to power it at 110V! I hope you can take some cues, if [...]
I had been following some auctions on eBay for some time to buy a Commodore PET, CBM 8032 (or another similar model) and finally the opportunity arose for a computer that didn't cost a lot. Despite the price […]
Is there a mouse for the Commodore 64? Here is the Commodore 1350 mouse! Let's see where I bought it, try it with The Final Cartridge III+ and open it to clean it. Trying The Final Cartridge III+ interface, an interface that connects to the […]
Today we talk about DiagROM and start replacing the keyboard membrane of the Amiga 500. We are at the third installment of the endless story of this Amiga 500 that I bought last year! Can a repair last so long? Unfortunately the answer [...]
Here is the review of the TapeCart SD, which was given to me by Vincenzo Santoro of www.winmar.it. The SD TapeCart that was given to me is a special version! It is an interface that connects to the datassette port of the Commodore 64 [...]
Every now and then a good luck also happens. Look at what a friend gave me? It is an Atari 1040 ST F, with SM124 monitor. Along with the computer and monitor, there are also accessories. There is a box of diskettes, a [...]
In this video article we talk about how to build a replica of The Final Cartridge III+. Let's see how to get the printed circuit board of the interface on PCBWay, how to solder all the electronic components and how to program the EPROM through the cheap programmer TL866II Plus. [...]
Let's rebuild the corroded tracks of the printed circuit and solder the socket of the Paula CSG 8364R7 audio chip: here is the second episode of the never-ending story of the Repair and Testing of the Amiga 500 that I purchased last year. In the previous video, I […]
Today I start to tell you the never-ending story of the repair of the Amiga 500 that I purchased last year and which I hoped to be able to use quickly! Purchase of the Amiga 500 I found an interesting advert on Facebook Marketplace. According to the seller, the computer was […]
I recently purchased an Atari 800XL, complete with Atari 1050 floppy disk drive. Here is the unboxing and first boot... with short circuit! Before turning on a computer that has not been used for years, remember to follow the steps in this video article. Advice […]
Many of you have contacted me and asked me how to turn the Commodore back on, after so many years of inactivity, without doing damage. Let's see what to do to turn on (turn on) an old computer (a Commodore 64, a Commodore 16, a Vic20, a C128 [...]