Hi Alex and thanks for your support! Part three had a last minute name change as there was just more to fit in :) Up later tonight ;)

Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed it! :)

Thanks for sharing your memories :) I love to read them :)

Thanks very much and thanks for watching! I’ve gotten much better since I filmed that - honestly :) :)

You have no idea :) Glad you enjoyed it!

@@TheRetroShack absolutely. I'm part way through a C64 breadbin restoration and looking for those important tips. Y'know, like what kind of tea towel to use 😁

Hi there - Yes, not sure why I didn't mention it in the video - the purple cable carries the -5v to the mainboard and I did check the voltage before refitting the cables :) I mentioned about not going too vigorously, but good point - careful of the stick on bits :) Glad you enjoyed the video :)

Thank you so much for watching and subscribing - you're going to love the video this coming weekend ;)

Thanks very much :) Got an A500 getting some very special treatment coming up later in the year :)

Well I hadn’t even thought of that! And now I have the fears too - guess that’s a job for this week :)

:)

That's interesting, and I guess makes sense - little fingers can undo a nut but may not have had easy access to a screwdriver :)

​@@TheRetroShack i can confirm the keyboard nuts and bolts went the other way, i serviced and upgraded BBC,s for a company in Essex, i must of done 60+ A to B upgrades, hundreds of DFS upgrades, and a couple of hundred Econet upgrades, we use to supply schools with full networked classrooms, run the cables fitted the junction boxes etc, and the BBC's and peripherals, even had the pleasure of having a doomsday system to "play with" before it was installed at a local library, my brother still has our BBC B, complete with DFS and Speech chips, just needs some TLC as it let out magic smoke when he tested it. hoping to get it from him, when this pandemic is over. cant wait for more videos on the BBC, nostalgia is a wonderful thing.

@@martinoverthrow1857 Hope you get hold of that Beeb, and that it gives you many more years of happy memories! And yep, more Beeb stuff on the way :)

Kindred spirits! I've played Chuckie Egg quite a bit since and have to say I've gotten a lot better :) It's a great game!

How accurate is the beeb core for the MiSTer? Have you had any issues with it?

@@davidste60 Only issue I had was initially it didn't load Elite, but there was a core update recently and it does now.. everything in the collection seen here I've tested - works. It is worth checking out the MiSTer if you haven't got one. It's very good for all those 8/16 bit computers from the 80's. (which was the reason I got interested in it) it does have that feeling (which is hard to pin down) that you're using original hardware. I have a raspberry Pi and that feels like emulation.. the MiSTer doesn't.

@@bazza5699 Yeah I am tempted by the MiSTer. I know what you mean about the Pi. I've got a Pi3, it's tons of fun but not quite perfect. Emulation on PC is damn close though, I can't fault SNES, Megadrive, Amiga etc. And I think there are some fairly accurate Beeb emulators for PC too. I think I'll have to try a MiSTer if only to settle the issue for my own satisfaction. Thanks for the reply.

​@@davidste60 I used to have a Megadrive in the early 90's, never had a SNES. Loading up Golden Axe on the Megadrive core of the MiSTer felt like I was 17 again, it played exactly as I remembered it. I haven't tried PC emulation apart from WinUAE and a spectrum emulator. I've used WinUAE to help set up hard drives for the MiSTers Minimig (amiga) core. The spectrum core is also great, gives you the option of 48k and plus 3.. but the real joy in the MiSTer I find is using machines I never had access to before, like the Archimedes, the NeoGeo or even classic Macs. The number of arcade games available is increasing all the time, from staples like bombjack and pacman to street fighter. The biggest positive though is the community, which sounds corny as hell.. but when you read the forums and now discord posts, everyone helps everyone else, it's so positive and the fact it's open source is incredible. I've not had this level of enthusiasm for a platform since the 80/90's..

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching :)

Thanks for watching and hope the refurb goes well.

You know how much I'm hoping Judith actually contacts the channel? - Lots! :)

My beeb has a sticker with the name "Wendy" stuck inside, I always assumed Wendy was in the inspection and test department!

I'll check it out! Thanks for watching!

@@TheRetroShack it will be up tonight.

Great tip!

Thanks! The monitor is actually just an older LCD TV :). Polaroid 28" P28RN0117E. I use it because it has RGB/Composite/RF/SCART inputs and seems to run display everything I throw at it :)

Thanks! I really do love my Beeb :) :)

That’s praise indeed! Thanks for watching!

@@TheRetroShack I worked on a few of those shows at the Beeb - and Now the Chips Are Down ! ( but only made a copy for backup. )

Thanks for watching and glad you’re enjoying the series :)

There was a USA model with speech built in, but I don't think that it sold very well.

@@trickysoft If I get one it will be from across the pond. People here want an arm and leg for one. I'm sure. So many flippers here.

Thanks :) - normally yellowing is caused by uv rays reacting to the bromine in the plastic - different machines - different plastic compositions I guess? Might do some research on that for a future episode :) Thanks for watching!

Nope! Will have to look those up - thanks! :)

Can I make a case that I was staying true to the original? ;) Ok, I guess not! Safety first - I’ll do that very thing :)

Thanks - great piece of info!

Here you go: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7x6eLFiyd3IYZc.html

Yep - it's sitting here on my desk (writing the next episode on it..) and I keep thinking how 'new' it looks :)

@@TheRetroShack used them in school and they were really the benchmark. But Zx81 and Spectrums were more affordable. I loved the BASIC.

@@TheSudsy Having procedures on the Beeb at school meant going back to goto/gosub on my Spectrum at home was painful. Especially as there was no renumber function in ZX Basic :(

Keep watching ;)

I'll have to look that up! Thanks for that :)

Yep, it’s called ‘Retrobrite-img’ and I’ve done it a few times on different machines in the past - to varying degrees of success :) This Beeb didn’t need it as there was no difference in colour from the inside of the case to the outside - so no evidence of discolouration due to the nasty old sun :)

Hmmm - difficult to envisage what might be going on there. If you've not resolved it already - drop some pictures to me by email and I'll take a look.

@@TheRetroShack thanks for getting back! Somebody told me the lid is incorrect, as it's missing the plastic guard and just reads "BBC Microcomputer". Someone in a school computer lab or something must've mixed up some lids about 30 years ago - blast! Hoping I can just force it back on again somehow, not easy to find replacements. Not keen on trying to open the others now to check if they've been mixed up too...

You may be right there. In the UK at the time, Clive Sinclair was the British Steve Jobs - A great marketeer and a real celebrity. :)

BBC Micro ‘Planetoid’ is, in my opinion the best Defender clone on any machine :)

A friend of mine mentioned Magic Erasers to me the other day - I'll order a couple in and give them a go! Thanks for the tip!

There's no doubt that Elite was an incredible accomplishment at the time - and a fascinating store behind it - I might do a whole episode on it :)

Oh no! Hope you manage to get it fixed! A continuous beep could just be that one of the ROMS isn't seated properly - give 'em all a push :)

@@TheRetroShack thanks for your interest. Unfortunately the rom's are soldered in rather than pushed in. I did buy some new ones plus a soldering station but have not had the nerve so far to attempt the job as I have little experience and don't want to damage anything. Maybe one day...

We play a dangerous game, don't we? :)

Mrs Retroshack said exactly that! I said i would in the next one :)

Not sure how you're determining my level of comfort but thanks for looking out for me :). In all seriousness I don't know why I use this other than I've been using it for a few years and guess I just kind of like it :)

@@TheRetroShack I didn't mean your comfort specifically, more that a decent "normal" set of screwdrivers are more ergonomic in my experience. At the end of day, if it works for you, please carry on. Just select the correct size philips bit next time ;) Great content and presentation though. P.S. got a BBC Master in the loft and an A500 plus arrived this morning!

I'll remember for next time ;)

Not sure there'd be enough amps? I'll have to look that up :)

@@TheRetroShack It could probably be done with USB-C and a different power supply to downconvert, but feels like it would be moving backwards in terms of reliability and ruggedness.

:) And it did...

I’ve corrected the keyboard nut faux-pas since filming this :) Your inner purist can relax :) Thanks for watching!

@@TheRetroShack Excellent work. I shall be following with interest to see the new tech from RetroClinic in action.

What makes you think it was mine ;) :)