Today the Lyonsden computer collection just got a little bit bigger with the arrival of a Commodore Amiga A1200 computer! 🥰 This is actually something I’ve been hankering after for a long time now. I’ve missed being able to play...
A blog about Commodore 8-bit & 16-bit computers, retro tech and the odd gadget or two…
Modding Amiga 500 Floppy LED to Display IDE Activity
Introduction Unlike the Amiga 1200, the A500 was never designed to allow the fitment of an IDE Hard Disk Drive (HDD) inside it so...
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Pi1541 Disk Drive
Little bit of background I’ve been aware of the Pi1541 disk drive or Pi1541 ‘hats’ for several months now. This...
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Commodore 64GS Gamepad Review
A Little History Back in the twilight period of the C64’s life, Commodore released the C64 Games System or C64GS. It was a...
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Commodore VIC20 ‘breadbin’ Case Repair
Whilst working on my VIC20 recently I noticed a number of issues with the case. The first thing was that most of the little tabs...
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Amiga CD32 TerribleFire 330 – Game Compatibility List
This ‘compatibility list’ features all the games that I have played on an Amiga CD32 with a TerribleFire 330 card...
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Commodore 64 Joyswitcher Review
If you have two joysticks permanently plugged into your Commodore 64 then you would probably have no use for the Joyswitcher...
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The Valley – C64 Cartridge Review
Recently Tim Harris was kind enough to lend me a new cartridge based game called ‘The Valley’ for the Commodore 64 to...
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It’s always nice to be able to start the weekend with the latest edition of Freeze64. In todays case it’s issue #38 featuring the unmistakable Rambo on the front cover. Here’s a rundown of the contents of this...
This was a game I backed on Kickstarter back in March 2019 and a couple of weeks ago it finally arrived through my letterbox. The front box artwork is nicely done featuring your spaceship surrounded by blueprints of what are...
Time to take a look through this months Fusion #12 magazine and give a little insight into what you can find inside it. As I’ve come to expect there’s a broad range of content this month. Topics include (non computer)...
The latest issue of Amiga Future (Amiga Future #145) for subscribers has arrived. It features artwork from the game Fred’s Journey on the front cover. What’s in this issue? There’s a good mix of stuff in this...
This edition of Fusion magazine is for all us Amiga fans out there. It’s a special edition of the magazine, completely dedicated to all things Amiga (and CD32!). It’s just a little bit thinner than the regular magazine running to 52...
A modern, stylish datasette dust cover is something I’ve been after for quite some time. I do still have the burgundy leatherette one that my parents bought me back in the 80’s but it is seriously hideous now. In fact who am I...
Looks like the post is finally getting back to normal after all the disruption brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic. How do I know this? Because I’ve just received the latest issue of Freeze 64, Issue #37 within a week of it being...
I’ve always wanted a cassette tape winder so when I stumbled across this plan on Thingiverse I thought it would make a great little project for my 3D printer. Sure I could search on eBay and maybe pick up an old one but where’s the...
Believe it or not there is now another Retro Computing magazine on the block! It’s called Retro Format and it’s a multi-format magazine that caters for all retro 8/16/32-bit systems. Born from a successful Kickstarter campaign, this...
Just received my copy of Retrokomp Issue 2, the multi-format retro magazine. Once again there is plenty of content with a hefty count of 72 thick glossy pages and over a third of them devoted to Commodore machines. If you are...
Received the latest edition of Fusion Magazine, issue #11, a couple of days ago. This little magazine has really grown in terms of content and quality over the past year thanks in no small part to the diverse range of contributors. This issue...