Leaded Solder

New blog post! This TRS-80 Model 1 was found in the bottom of a trash bin, smashed to bits by heavy printers and cash registers above it. Will it ever run again?

#retrocomputing #tandy #trs80 #trs80model1

https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/03/03/trs80-model-1-power-supply-case-fix.html

I honestly thought this would taste a lot more like a health potion. Maybe this is actually what health potions taste like? #dragonquest #retrogaming #coffee

@dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz you're probably going to get a lot of other stories like this, but I got almost exclusively ads for large industrial machinery for awhile. I think it's less model collapse and some kind of lazy hill climbing.

@sleepytako@famichiki.jp that bowl better be the size of a bathtub and self refilling like one too

New blog post! Fujitsu made a wildly complicated machine in the FM-77AV2, and this one defeated me. I did narrow the problem to a bad custom chip! Come along and see the heaviest 8-bit computer I owned before I got even heavier ones. https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/02/10/fujitsu-fm77av2-damaged-keyboard-controller-failure.html

#retrocomputing #FM77AV #fm7 #fujitsu #debugging

@hkz@social.chinwag.org great name.

@hkz@social.chinwag.org @jonn_blanchard@retrochat.online the ejector marks also have dirt piled up in them, and the factory code is different on each one. Definitely pulls, but probably what they say they are.

@smellsofbikes@mastodon.social @NilaJones@zeroes.ca there's been some neat videos with cats that I've seen. Complaining about the weather is always funny.

@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space I assume there used to be some kind of hacked debug that put text mode on a second monitor, or maybe everyone just used a different debugger to crack games.

@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net this is wild. I look forward to the write up!

@kimlockhartga@beige.party do you take it daily or just as a response?

@mos_8502@studio8502.ca I had a lot of fun at VCF Montreal talking to Gregory who does the C64OS for the REU. Very powerful page switching techniques for process freeze/resume.

@ifixcoinops@retro.social only need one guy for toast: https://youtu.be/S4O5voOCqAQ?