Upgrades for the TI 99/4A
Finally spent my fathers day doing some projects for the retro stuff. It was finally time to upgrade my TI99/4A over to an F18 video upgrade, as well as to…
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Ham Radio BT mic
Saw this for sale cheap on amazon.com, figured I'd give it a shot. So far I've been fairly impressed, for 26$ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9QLQNDY That bind process was hit and miss (mostly…
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Midland LMR followup
Followup to a post from a week ago, where I found and started documenting some of my old Midland LMR parts. Today I found my tote of Z-273 moldules, and…
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Revisiting radios from my past
These were the readios in use many years ago, when sent out to pasture (surplus), these made great low cost high power amazing duty cycle radios for HAM use. Many…
Rare Apple stuff
Had this one bouncing around in boxes for years, figgured Id get some pics and see if it at least powered on.
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TI 99/4A Diag hardware!
Got one of these in from Shift838 (funny name, I wonder how many realize - The cheat code for MunchMan on the TI was to hold down shift and press…
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Some projects in for soldering practice!
A friend in the retro community offered these up for some fun during the Christmas break.. Rest of parts ordered! Colecovision Reprogrammable Card https://github.com/aotta/PiCOLECO Atari 8 bit Pico Cart https://github.com/robinhedwards/A8PicoCart…
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Orlando Hamcation 2024 – Chierda D200
In my yearly pilgramage to the Orlando Hamcatiob 2024, pocket full of dollars and some good shoes, I went looking for the deals. I was not disapointed. This post will…
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Something new showed up on the driveway today..
Afternoon delivery from Amazon today, not the normal ride. Driver had recently been given one of these and he seems happy with it. It is VERY amazon(ed) from the color…
Visiting Free Play Florida
Florida's largest arcade, pinball, and console show Step back to a time when friends gathered together for games, ate pizza, speculated about alligators in the sewer, and went home when…