The Data I/O 29 series is a vintage line of high end EPROM programmers, which had various programming pack options including the UniPak 2B with ZIF sockets for some specific device types and a swappable pinout cartridge – it...
I grew up at a time where the BBC Computer Literacy Project was in full swing. It was a joint effort between the UK government and the BBC who worked with Acorn to develop a machine aimed at educational...
The Iskra 122 is a 1970s-80s Russian industrial & scientific calculator which uses nixie tube displays. I’ve repaired and restored a couple, but one PCB I’ve been struggling to fix. Since the board live in a densely packed cage...
There are plenty of mice with macro functionality on the market, some very precise or with full step sequences, but none that I can find allow you to add variance and if you ask the companies or on support...
The Toshiba SD-B100 DVD player is the model used by Seibu CATS video mahjong systems (and some Konami bemani games), it’s a broadcast quality unit actually designed by Sanko supporting serial control. There’s an IR receiver present but as...
If you have an Irem Madonna cabinet you’ll find that there’s a credit board clipped to the left side of the coin box casing – M79. It’s got the same problem as the game boards, two were bad on...
There’s a very rare Mahjong game for the Y2 system called Higurashi No Nako Koroni Jan, because the system is JAMMA native an adapter is needed for you to play the game on a Mahjong panel. The game can...
Well thanks to Franco on the Arcade Otaku forum, we’ve put together reproductions for those often missing screw caps on CPS Q-Sound cases. These usually go missing when they are opened up to be desuicided, battery swapped, or as...
I’ve been dumping a lot of cassette media lately, and I’ve seen this problem enough to consider it a common fault. On standard computer cassette tapes there is a piece of foam which acts like a tensioner pressing the...
Reading ROMs and other chips can become an expensive process. Even when you’ve obtained a reader which has all the device support you need, it will tend to come with a standard ZIF socket and if the device you...