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Retro Tech Restorations
@retro-tech.bsky.social
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I fumble around on my YouTube channel trying to repair old stuff. Mainly vintage audio gear such as tube/transistor radios, amplifiers, cassette decks, record players, test equipment, ...
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While replacing some ceiling spotlights, I suddenly got a dose of PTSD induced by Half-Life. #retrogaming
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Merry Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
retro-tech.bsky.social
So now I'm getting 5 (!) commercials every 2 minutes or so when I watch YouTube on my TV. Pretty much makes the app totally unusable. What the hell are they doing? Are they actively trying to ruin their own platform?
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Well, I've this bad boy on the bench...
December 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I made a video about the repair I did on my Judge Dredd MPU board with battery leakage. It's online now. #retrocomputing #retrogaming #pinball
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Fixing battery leakage on my pinball machine's MPU board (Judge Dredd, Bally, 1993)
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November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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"Let's quickly burn an EPROM." is what I thought yesterday. Boy that turned out differently. Spent the entire evening trying to get my (almost) 30-year old programmer to work with Windows 11. But I finally got there in the end! #retrocomputing #retrogaming
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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More shame on me. Another case of leaked batteries in one of my pinball machines 🤦‍♂️
I'm just gonna bite the bullet and convert all my machines to NVRAM.
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
retro-tech.bsky.social
So this is my current task... Correcting the sloppy wiring I did on this arcade control panel 15 years ago.
#retrogaming
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Some new acquisitions. Maybe on the channel in the future at some point...
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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It survived the ride!
#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #CRT #RetroGaming
November 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.
Guide to Electronic Components A list of parts each with a photo of a SOT-23 package Bipolar Transistor MOSFET JFET Voltage Regulator Diode Supervisor Thyristor Voltage Monitor Temperature Sensor Voltage Reference Varactor Magnetic Field Sensor EEPROM Resistor Divider LED (but with a red SOT-23 package that is glowing!)
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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I have retrieved the original boxes from my first PC from my parents' attic. #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Audio Autopsy Episode 3 is online now. youtu.be/IrffaSZoOQg
More vintage audio gear to test - Audio Autopsy Episode 3
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October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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If you're booing Norris, Verstappen, Hamilton or whoever, I don't care, you're an idiot, and you shouldn't be let in a grand prix again.

#F1 #MexicanGP #RaceFans
October 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Cable spaghetti
October 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Recording some background music for my Halloween party next week.🎃👻
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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This is what sticky shed on Philips tapes looks like.
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A Philips tape with some very bad sticky shed syndrome.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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So the Sony TC-630 is finally finished!
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An alignment was all this tape recorder really needed - Sony TC-630 - Part 3
YouTube video by Retro Tech Restorations
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October 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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A bit ashamed to share this, but this is what happens when you don't check your pinball machines' batteries for 10 years. Luckily I installed a separate battery holder 10 years ago when I restored this machine. Check your batteries, fellas!
September 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Since the first Audio Autopsy video did quite well, I made another one. Again, I test 3 items of vintage audio gear from my stock.
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Testing some more audio gear - Audio Autopsy Episode 2
YouTube video by Retro Tech Restorations
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September 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Well, I wasn't expecting that. Nice!
August 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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This deserves an "Oh Nice!", pronounced like Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances
August 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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My newest video is the first part in a restoration series on a Sony TC-630 reel-to-reel tape recorder, aka the solid state three head stereo music centre with retract-o-matic! youtu.be/zRWOnTAJqB4?...
Getting my hands dirty on this tape deck - Sony TC-630 restoration - Part 1
YouTube video by Retro Tech Restorations
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August 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Wanna see some mold?
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The worst tape mold I've ever seen
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August 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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A bit of a different video this time. I took 3 previously untested items from my stock and checked if they are working. If you're interested you can follow along.

On a side note, this is the first video where I speak directly into the camera. Still feels a bit weird. 😅https://youtu.be/bR6C7ZnM3Xk
Testing some vintage audio gear... will they work?
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August 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM