Retro PC Nostalgia

Back in the day my first real IT job fresh out of university was working for Hepworth Refractories in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and given a made up, catch all role of Project Enginner. They basically made heat resistant bricks for kilns and furnaces but had lots of aging control equipment and the site spanned 60 acres […]

Oric-1 Repair

This Oric-1 repair story begins back in 1983. A time when everyone knows they are the flexible computer system for the future :). The Oric-1 was the first computer I owned back in 1983 that I could actually use. There is an exception. I first owned, but couldn’t use!, a ZX Spectrum 16k for a […]

Sinclair QL Repair

This was purchased from a family whose father had used the QL for his business in the 1980’s. The computer quickly outlived its usefullness and, as many Sinclair QL’s before it, was then stored in the loft and left unused for decades. The sale was described as turns on but unable to test. I didn’t […]