More Fun Making It
@morefunmakingit.bsky.social
Retro and vintage tech YouTube fun and games over at
Main channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/MoreFunMakingIt
Second channel
https://youtube.com/@morefunmakingit2
Website:
https://www.morefunmakingit.co.uk/
Main channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/MoreFunMakingIt
Second channel
https://youtube.com/@morefunmakingit2
Website:
https://www.morefunmakingit.co.uk/
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Ultimate Team C64 Repairing - The Final Episode ft @adriansdigitalbasement and @TheRetroChannel
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You may have noticed my latest C64 repairs have not all gone to plan. So I asked a couple of very generous pals in @adriansdigitalbasement.com and @theretrochannel.bsky.social to lend a hand.
I picked their brains clean!
I picked their brains clean!
Another C64 with leaking cap damage. This one a more rare board. Prepare yourself for lots of scraping traces and nasty green goo.
Rare C64 with Leaking Capacitors - Silver Label Repair 2 of 5
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November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Another C64 with leaking cap damage. This one a more rare board. Prepare yourself for lots of scraping traces and nasty green goo.
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After a suggestion by @morefunmakingit.bsky.social I now have a colour matched Competition Pro joystick for the ShortyToasty™.
#retrocomputer #retrocomputing #8bit #ZXSpectrum #Sinclair
#retrocomputer #retrocomputing #8bit #ZXSpectrum #Sinclair
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
After a suggestion by @morefunmakingit.bsky.social I now have a colour matched Competition Pro joystick for the ShortyToasty™.
#retrocomputer #retrocomputing #8bit #ZXSpectrum #Sinclair
#retrocomputer #retrocomputing #8bit #ZXSpectrum #Sinclair
Final regular Wednesday release for the foreseeable future.
C64 Tidy-up Keyboard Repair +GALPLA Build
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November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Final regular Wednesday release for the foreseeable future.
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It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
PicoIDE
An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers
www.crowdsupply.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
I have FIVE C64 silver label machines here to repair. This is the first one, and its one of three of these boards that has a problem I have never seen in a C64 before. And now I have three with the same issue!
C64 Silver Label 1 - Leaking Caps?! Never Seen That in a C64 Before!
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November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I have FIVE C64 silver label machines here to repair. This is the first one, and its one of three of these boards that has a problem I have never seen in a C64 before. And now I have three with the same issue!
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At #RetroFest gaming edition at the @computinghistory.org.uk playing some games with @angel-mhor.bsky.social, @morefunmakingit.bsky.social and Oliver
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
At #RetroFest gaming edition at the @computinghistory.org.uk playing some games with @angel-mhor.bsky.social, @morefunmakingit.bsky.social and Oliver
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Do you think you can beat the high scores? And would you like to win a limited edition badge if you do? (*while stocks last). Then you want to come to Retro Computer Festival at @computinghistory.org.uk this weekend!
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Do you think you can beat the high scores? And would you like to win a limited edition badge if you do? (*while stocks last). Then you want to come to Retro Computer Festival at @computinghistory.org.uk this weekend!
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Journey down to Cambridge was slow but steady. All set up now, ready for the weekend. Thankfully everything survived.
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Journey down to Cambridge was slow but steady. All set up now, ready for the weekend. Thankfully everything survived.
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Big day tomorrow! Two days of showing Chords at the Cambridge Games Festival!
Let’s do this. 🕹️🔥 #segamegadrive #segagenesis #indiedev #gamedev
Let’s do this. 🕹️🔥 #segamegadrive #segagenesis #indiedev #gamedev
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Big day tomorrow! Two days of showing Chords at the Cambridge Games Festival!
Let’s do this. 🕹️🔥 #segamegadrive #segagenesis #indiedev #gamedev
Let’s do this. 🕹️🔥 #segamegadrive #segagenesis #indiedev #gamedev
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Ready to röck your Chuckie Eggs at @computinghistory.org.uk this weekend. That poor little Spectrum being dwarfed by the bigger machines is my original machine so be nice to it 😄
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ready to röck your Chuckie Eggs at @computinghistory.org.uk this weekend. That poor little Spectrum being dwarfed by the bigger machines is my original machine so be nice to it 😄
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Could a Silver Label C64 FINALLY be on the repair bench?!?!
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Could a Silver Label C64 FINALLY be on the repair bench?!?!
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November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Could a Silver Label C64 FINALLY be on the repair bench?!?!
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Could a Silver Label C64 FINALLY be on the repair bench?!?!
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Yes.
I have a couple of mid week videos in the bank, so to speak. So I will let these out as bonus videos (I recently said I would only release 1 video a week :D)
Future Projects First Looks - Or What I Brought Home From Paul's House
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November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have a couple of mid week videos in the bank, so to speak. So I will let these out as bonus videos (I recently said I would only release 1 video a week :D)
Need to make a few changes and this video explains why and what they are.
Nothing dramatic happening, but it might be interesting to anyone that follows my channels.
Nothing dramatic happening, but it might be interesting to anyone that follows my channels.
Update
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November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Need to make a few changes and this video explains why and what they are.
Nothing dramatic happening, but it might be interesting to anyone that follows my channels.
Nothing dramatic happening, but it might be interesting to anyone that follows my channels.
I'll be there!
Oh wow, this time next we'll be in full swing! Tickets for the Saturday are close to selling out - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re... - alternatively, Sunday will be quieter, but still the same wonderful exhibitors - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74909/re... - see you all next weekend!
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'll be there!
Brought to you by the best Beef Dripping.
DOUBLE C64 Repair with Bad ROMs and an Unexpected Extra Fault!
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November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Brought to you by the best Beef Dripping.
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Here's a Sinclair Microdrive cartridge with a UK pound coin for comparison. We trusted these mini-magnetic tape loops with our valuable data in the 1980s. Totally insane! To be fair, they were actually quite reliable. The tape loop is 5 metres long and stores a minimum of 85 to 100KBytes of data.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's a Sinclair Microdrive cartridge with a UK pound coin for comparison. We trusted these mini-magnetic tape loops with our valuable data in the 1980s. Totally insane! To be fair, they were actually quite reliable. The tape loop is 5 metres long and stores a minimum of 85 to 100KBytes of data.
It's finally time to start looking at the pile of C64 Silver Labels. And what I found surprised me! That's not clickbait, I really was surprised!
Faults I've NEVER seen before! C64 Silver Label x4 Triage
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November 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's finally time to start looking at the pile of C64 Silver Labels. And what I found surprised me! That's not clickbait, I really was surprised!
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Did an Einstein TC-01 replica board with @peepouk.bsky.social. All good and well, except the keyboard plays a tune - on the boot screen. 🤷 😅
July 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Did an Einstein TC-01 replica board with @peepouk.bsky.social. All good and well, except the keyboard plays a tune - on the boot screen. 🤷 😅
The pic is just to lure people in.
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The pic is just to lure people in.
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?
I had a very interesting chat this evening, and one of the subjects was community. It really made me realise just how much a part of everything I do is now about building communities.
It's a slight echo chamber question for here, but how important is it to you?
Drama!
Completely manufactured of course. But I did learn some important bits along the way.
Completely manufactured of course. But I did learn some important bits along the way.
I bought some 74LS Logic Chips from Ali Express. Guess what happened next?
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October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Drama!
Completely manufactured of course. But I did learn some important bits along the way.
Completely manufactured of course. But I did learn some important bits along the way.
Anyone spot the weird thumb stick on that C64C?
Its cool and horrible at the same time :D
Its cool and horrible at the same time :D
Commodore 64 Triage x4
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October 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Anyone spot the weird thumb stick on that C64C?
Its cool and horrible at the same time :D
Its cool and horrible at the same time :D
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Start the week with a unicorn! No, not the Torch Unicorn though I'd quite like one of those too.
No, there'll be two camps for this one. You'll either instantly know what it is or, more likely, you'll never have heard of it because it never sold.
This is the HH Tiger, aka the Tangerine Microtan 2.
No, there'll be two camps for this one. You'll either instantly know what it is or, more likely, you'll never have heard of it because it never sold.
This is the HH Tiger, aka the Tangerine Microtan 2.
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Start the week with a unicorn! No, not the Torch Unicorn though I'd quite like one of those too.
No, there'll be two camps for this one. You'll either instantly know what it is or, more likely, you'll never have heard of it because it never sold.
This is the HH Tiger, aka the Tangerine Microtan 2.
No, there'll be two camps for this one. You'll either instantly know what it is or, more likely, you'll never have heard of it because it never sold.
This is the HH Tiger, aka the Tangerine Microtan 2.
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I was watching a live stream of @morefunmakingit.bsky.social some days ago, when I have seen this tool on his desk. I didn’t know that it existed, before. I then did a short research and had ordered it, before the live stream was over. #goatsFoot #pryBar #Wera #Wera127456
October 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I was watching a live stream of @morefunmakingit.bsky.social some days ago, when I have seen this tool on his desk. I didn’t know that it existed, before. I then did a short research and had ordered it, before the live stream was over. #goatsFoot #pryBar #Wera #Wera127456