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I was looking through the contents of the cassette that came with the ... Read More!Amstrad 3.5" Floppy drive - DSK to Disc
So you've got the floppy drive all powered and plugged in, but got no Amstrad CPC software on 3.5" d... Read More!Schneider (Amstrad) CPC 664 surprise
As a collector of Amstrad machines, the holy grail to me is the Amstrad CPC 664. Only manufactured f... Read More!Connecting a 3.5" floppy drive to an Amstrad 464 without modifying the drive or DDI-1
Quite some time ago I bought a DDI-1 interface to use with my amstrad 464's. Just the interface with... Read More!Yet more Amstrads added to the collection - ALT-386sx and PCW8256
If you haven't guessed already, I like my Amstrad computers. Purely because of nostalgia and curiosi... Read More!
Making a soldering station Extractor fan from an old PC case fanCreated on: 29-12-2020 By Gee |
Smoke and fumes
Every time I solder something, I end up getting annoyed with the fumes. It comes up towards my face and I am forever blowing it out the way in an attempt to not breathe it in. For quite some time now I've been wanting to modify an old 80mm case fan to take care of this problem for me. I ordered some Carbon filters for solder fume extractors (opens in a new Window) and they had been lying on desks and getting moved around whenever they got in the way. Never actually getting used for the purpose they were intended for. Finally building something Whilst... Read More! |
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Trying to fix my old PC case and making it worse...Created on: 21-03-2019 By Gee |
I've had my PC case for a rather long time now. In fact I think it's about 8 or 9 years old now.
It's a pretty good case that I bought when I was really into my PC gaming, lots of air flow and water cooling ready. Not that I have ever used water cooling in my computers. Due to lots of wear and tear of the front USB ports, they eventually disintegrated. This happened a long time ago and I even considered buying a new case to replace that one simply due to these USB ports being broken and looking hideous. However, I believe that you should always try to repair something before replacing it. Replace it only if it's not doing what its supposed to and irreparable. Anyway, less of my beliefs and more about what went o... Read More! |
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Soldering stationCreated on: 31-12-2018 By Gee |
I ordered my soldering station and all the paraphernalia a while back as can be seen with the date on my last post about it.
Finally today the last, and main, part arrived. It arrived whilst I was geeking (should that be gee-k ing) around with starting my Ben eater computer. Obviously, I just had to have a play around with it straight away. I set out my heat resistant mat, which had mega static when I took it out of its bag. I hope I managed to destatic it before working on my raspberry pi. I tried a couple of different soldering tips before I found one that I can work with. My first attempt at actual soldering was to solder on the header to my pi zero that I want to use for creating and programming things in the future... Read More! |
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Repair StationCreated on: 07-12-2018 By Gee |
I've been using a very old soldering iron which was left in the loft by the previous occupants of our home and it's... well, it's like trying to use a hot spade to make soldering joints.
Not only that, I don't quite know what I'm doing when it comes to soldering. I've never done much of it, and when I have it's not gone very well sadly. I tried using the old soldering iron (which is an on or off type) to solder on the header to my raspberry pi zero. It didn't go well at all as the iron was too large to even get near the through-hole pads. I've got a few things planned for my raspberry pi which needs the header on it (mainly learning about electronics and basic circuits) so the header pins will need sorting. Becau... Read More! |
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