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Category Archives: Fixing Stuff
“Previously on John’s bit of the web….”
So, last season’s cliffhanger left me wondering what, exactly, I should do to get my MAME cabinet back into prime working condition? I’d swapped out enough of the hardware to make an O/S re-install mandatory… and that left me with … Continue reading
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New MAME Brain
A few months ago, my MAME cabinet died; it was either a motherboard or CPU problem (I suspect a motherboard issue, since it was a cheap + cheerful Asrock board) … but once I’d diagnosed the fault to that degree, … Continue reading
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Telescope
With all this exciting space-type stuff in the news of late, I’ve had the urge to turf my telescope out of the garage and find out what sort of state it’s in. My trusty old telescope has been woefully neglected … Continue reading
Beer Crisis
Consumption of my latest home brew began in earnest this week. I wasn’t really sure what to expect of this one… it was a bit of an emergency standby. I *had* planned to make a barrel of Colne Valley bitter, … Continue reading
Fixing my Sony DCR-HC27
Last summer, during a trip to the Orkneys, my beloved Sony Handycam had a bad encounter with a 5000-year-old Neolithic settlement (Translation: I dropped it on the floor at Scara Brae.. oops!), and has steadfastly refused to play back material … Continue reading