The latest addition to the Retronerd cave is this BBC Micro with Decca Colour TV and a Teletext Adapter. What no Teletext ? All we need is a Raspberry Pi Teletext Service with BBC Teletext Adapter The Teletext adapter is currently a little redundant since there are no Teletext service providers however all is not […]
I came acrosee this project some time back but until now didn’t think I was qualified. In the last few months I acquired some extras for my little Elk such as a plus 3 interface and added a gotek. The plus 3 also houses a AP6 interface which is an amazing piece of kit allowing […]
I purchased this from Ebay as spares repairs expecting it to rattle alot and probably to be completely unresponsive and unrepairable but it was very cheap so worth a go. I was expecting it to be delivered by courier but it was graciously deliveryed by hand from 100 miles away!. Something tells me it is […]
While trying to get a Gotek working on this tired old beatup BBC model B, I realised why it wasn’t working. No DFS Rom was available on the boot screen. So I burned one and installed it in one of the spare slots but still no joy. I was wondering what was missing then remembered […]
This covers removal of the floppy drive and replacing it with a GOTEK USB drive. Additionally replacing the CMOS battery with a modern maintainable equivalent. Ensure you are wearing a antistatic wristband to prevent damage to the sensitive chips inside this machine. Unplug the machine from the mains. Turn the machine upside down and remove […]
Just need the Sinclair QL for the full set