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Fixing a Commodore 1541 Disk Drive
Out comes the oscilloscope for a dead Commodore 1541 disk drive, a short board model with an Alps mechanism, which the maker sets out to fix.
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Using the Greaseweazle as a powerful disk drive diagnostic tool
Failing floppy drives are routine on retro computers, and the Greaseweazle running GW-DIAG is used to test them, including a Panasonic JU-475 and a Shugart SA-400.
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Amiga 3000 "Flicker Fixer" repair strategies
The Amiga 3000's Flicker Fixer circuitry was damaged by a leaking NiCd battery, and this finale sets out how the maker plans to repair it, citing a linked article.
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Let's fix a dead VARTA ravaged 486 motherboard
A 486 motherboard damaged by a leaking NiCd Varta battery is the patient, and Adrian Black tries to bring it back. An earlier video where it first appeared is linked.
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286 motherboard repair - VARTA battery leaked
A 12MHz 286 motherboard with 1MB of RAM has damage from a leaking Varta battery, and Adrian's Digital Basement sets out the repair of the board.
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Rejuvenating a Macintosh CRT with equipment from 1969
Can a tired, dim picture tube be brought back? Adrian tries rejuvenation on the CRT from a Macintosh Classic II, in part 4.5 of the Macintosh Repairathon series.
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Tutorial: Cleaning, lubricating and fixing an Apple 800k 3.5" floppy drive
An Apple 800k 3.5 inch floppy drive, a Sony MFD-51W-03, is stripped down and cleaned after years of gumming up, then its eject mechanism is put right, in a long tutorial.
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Troubleshooting a "black screen" C64
A Commodore 64 mainboard (assembly 250407) powers up to a black screen, and the maker troubleshoots it, with links on PLA chips and on how the maker removes chips.
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Part 2: Apple Monitor IIc - Retrobrite and Tune Up
Restoring an Apple IIc monitor reaches its second part. The case is retrobrited, then the monochrome monitor gets a full tune up and alignment.
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Tuning up a Dell M992 CRT monitor
A free 19 inch Dell M992 CRT monitor, built by Samsung in 2002, arrives filthy and beaten up, and Adrian's Digital Basement sets about tuning it up.
