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2026 6

  1. The mouSTer project – 16.06.2026 UPDATE
  2. Amiga 1000 – just another casual repair
  3. #appleril Three times bad Apple II
  4. #marchindore Commodore CBM 3032
  5. The Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer renovation
  6. #shorts – Sam Coupé – shamelessly simple refurb

2025 12

  1. Elite Multifunction 2002 joystick restoration
  2. Sony PlayStation 2 fixing frenzy
  3. #SHORTS – Apple ImageWriter II weird fault
  4. Pimp my Ami #2 – Vanilla A500 for BooM Party
  5. #shorts – Atari XF551 floppy drive fixes
  6. Apple IIc Plus and floppy drives restoration
  7. #shorts – Enterprise 128 a quick refurb
  8. Fixing an Apple Color Style Writer 2200
  9. #shorts – CMOS battery failed – Dallas RTC module hax
  10. #marchintosh – Macintosh PowerBook G3 battery remake
  11. #shorts Fixing a Sony PlayStation 1 – SCPH-1002
  12. Using old iPad screens with MiSTer and retro machines

2024 7

  1. The mouSTer project – 30.12.2024 UPDATE
  2. Restoring a Commodore COLT PC 10-III
  3. Vacuum forming keyboards – the outcome
  4. Building Two KryoFlux Units: Drives and Cases
  5. #MARCHintosh – Four times Macintosh SE
  6. Atari 600 XL – Restoration to stock
  7. Atari 1020 Plotter – plotting pens replacement

2023 22

  1. #DOScember: Gulipin 800 PC 386DX
  2. #SHORTS Modding Atari 130XE for Ajcek/Lamers
  3. Modding 10 Wico BOSS Joysticks
  4. Retrohax.net website update: shop closure, mouSTer, ThED
  5. Fixing Three Amiga CDTV Machines
  6. 2x Apple IIc restoration and mods
  7. #Shorts – Nintendo Wii controllers fixes
  8. Pimp My Ami #1: Fluorescent Amiga 500 Mods
  9. Commodore floppy drive fixing chaos – Episode II
  10. Atari ST warped case repair experiment
  11. Upgrading an Atari 400 with some cool mods
  12. Restoring dot-matrix printer ribbon cartridges
  13. Amiga 500 – the ultimate RAM hax
  14. Ultimate64 – a C64 from scratch
  15. #SHORTS – ZX 81 Keyboard membrane swap
  16. Amiga CD32 Refurbishment with TF330
  17. #Marchintosh – 2x Macintosh Classic
  18. #SHORTS – DIY PSU for Atari XL/XE series
  19. Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract – Final part
  20. #SHORTS – The mouSTer project – 31.01.2023 UPDATE
  21. Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 6
  22. #SHORTS – DIY SIO2PC for 8-bit Atari

2022 15

  1. Beast64 project: C= Key and SIDFX mods – Part Two
  2. Fixing a Sinclair ZX Printer with 3D Parts
  3. Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 5
  4. #SHORTS – Amiga 500 PSU modding
  5. Beast64 project: C64C Add-ons, Part One
  6. Retrohax.net Update: Blog, Shop, MouSTer, ThED
  7. Mechboard64 – the perfect keyboard for your C64
  8. #SHORTS – Atari 1027 Printer – The ‘Revive1027’ project
  9. Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 4
  10. 2364, 23128, 23256 ROM Adapter Hacks
  11. RadioShack TRS-80 Model 4P Refurb and Mods
  12. #shorts – Commodore 1084 monitor – front panel latch hack
  13. Enterprise 64 – repairs and modding
  14. Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 3
  15. Debricking ZX-Uno – Revolutions

2021 21

  1. 16 is better than 3 – Atari 65 XE mass fixing … de-rusting
  2. The mouSTer project – 20.11.2021 UPDATE
  3. Colored keycaps – Vacuum forming research continued
  4. Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 2
  5. Amiga 600 – FURIA card upgrade and other mods
  6. Tandy 1000 HX – Refurb and mods
  7. Retrohax workplace – Garage refurb this time LOL!
  8. Timmy – TIMEX 2048 Refurbishment
  9. Acorn Archimedes A3020 – Refurb and modsa
  10. Retrohax becomes the official distributor of LOTHAREK
  11. Amiga 2000 – Codename: Tesseract PART 1
  12. ORIC-1 – shamefully short blog post
  13. The mouSTer project – another, another UPDATE
  14. Amiga 2000 – semi-extreme refurb – Part one
  15. 2x Commodore VIC-20 – a quick refurb job
  16. The mouSTer project – another UPDATE
  17. Consul – Typewriter restoration
  18. mouSTer update: C64/128 and 8-bit Atari support
  19. Vacuum forming machine build … errr fail
  20. The game room – a short pictorial
  21. mouSTer: Universal USB Mouse Adapter Update

2020 22

  1. Happy New Year from retrohax.net
  2. The collection of various hax – PART SEVEN
  3. Amiga 1000 project – Phoenix motherboard
  4. #SEPTANDY – CoCo3 refurbishing
  5. BBC Master on steroids – co-pro installation
  6. The random Commodore Plus/4 hax
  7. Amiga 1200 – S-video mod and refurb
  8. Spray painting a computer case – a short HOW-TO
  9. The mouSTer project – ultimate mouse adapter for retro
  10. Commodore SX-64 keyboard restoration
  11. ThED – TED replacement project – update
  12. Fixing a Macintosh PowerBook 170
  13. The mass Atari 65XE fixing frenzy
  14. ThED – TED replacement project – update
  15. Website Update: New Light Layout
  16. Extreme refurbishing: Episode 5 – Wasabi C64 – Part Three
  17. Extreme refurbishing: Episode 5 – Wasabi C64 – Part Two
  18. Extreme refurbishing: Episode 5 – Wasabi C64 – Part One
  19. Double ZX Spectrum 128K +3 refurb
  20. ThED – TED replacement project – update
  21. Amiga 600 – some mods and repairs
  22. Commodore C16 – RAM upgrade and internal SD2IEC mount

2019 13

  1. Dragon 32 – 64k RAM upgrade and mods
  2. The collection of various hax – PART SIX
  3. ThED – TED replacement for Commodore 264 series
  4. Commodore C128 DCR – broken PSU fix and a quick refurb.
  5. Amstrad PPC640 – mods and LCD hack
  6. Extreme refurbishing: Episode 4 – Vampiric Amiga 500
  7. The story of three electrons … err Acorn Electrons
  8. Atari 800 XL restoration and SDriveMAX build
  9. Two times GOTEK powered Amstrad CPC 6128 please.
  10. Commodore C128 Dual-OS, SIDFX and SD2IEC Mods
  11. Extreme refurbishing: Episode 3 – Commodore 116
  12. Beeb errr … BBC Micro restoration and upgrades
  13. Installing a Vampire inside Amiga 500

2018 12

  1. Atari – The frankenSTein series
  2. Extreme deYellowing – Atari 1040 STF
  3. The collection of various hax – PART FIVE
  4. PiSP – old project in a new skin
  5. 3 Amigos … err Amigas – immersion printing
  6. 2x Commodore VIC-20 – refurb and mods
  7. DEC Hi Note Ultra II – a retro laptop
  8. Extreme refurbishing: Episode 2 – Atari 800 XL – Part two
  9. Extreme refurbishing: Episode 2 – Atari 800 XL – Part one
  10. Sinclair ZX81 – composite mod and repairs.
  11. Atari 1040 STFM refurb and Gotek upgrade
  12. Amiga 500 Mods: RAM, Video, GOTEK

2017 19

  1. Building a Small Batch of EasyFlash3 for C64
  2. Commodore 1541 floppy drive fixing chaos
  3. The collection of various hax – PART FOUR
  4. Amiga CDTV – just simple refurbishing
  5. ZX Spectrum +3 – Cleaning and sound fix
  6. Atari 130 XE restoration and upgrade job
  7. RGB4ALL – composite and s-video module
  8. Extreme refurbishing: Episode 1 – Commodore 64
  9. C64 Motherboard in a C16 Case Mod
  10. SD2IEC Revisited: Internal and External PCB
  11. EMC CLARiiON AX4-5 storage array hax
  12. Amstrad CPC 6128 HxC Mod and DualROM
  13. The collection of various hax – PART THREE
  14. C64 ALDI Quick Refurb with Built-in SD2IEC
  15. Amiga 600 – recapping and minor fixes
  16. Broken plastic? No problem! Fixing cases with some hax
  17. Amstrad CPC 464 – The turmoil – PART TWO
  18. Commodore 1541-II floppy drive refurbishing
  19. Cyclone PCB Factory: DIY PCB Milling Machine

2016 34

  1. QuickShot QS-137F Joystick repair
  2. Amiga 600 – keyboard membrane fixes
  3. C64 SD2IEC: Internal and External Builds
  4. Reanimating a dead Commodore 64 breadbin case
  5. ZX Spectrum +2 – Blackie – PSU Hack
  6. 3D Printing – various and weird prints
  7. Amstrad CPC 464 – The turmoil – PART ONE
  8. Mutator: A 1999 MAC Spoofing Scripting
  9. The collection of various hax – PART TWO
  10. Grey ZX Spectrum 128k +2 Repair and Video Fixes
  11. Atari 800 XL – U1M and restoration
  12. Project RetroBlade – Evolution PART TWO
  13. Building a retroPC with Windows 98
  14. C64 Breadbin – restoration again
  15. 3D Printing – The latest machine build
  16. The collection of various hax – PART ONE
  17. Recovering a Bricked ZX-Uno via JTAG
  18. CPC 464 – Repairs and restoration
  19. Commodore 64 – The great refurbishing – PART THREE
  20. ZX Spectrum 48k – just another repair …
  21. Project RetroBlade v 0.27237 – PART ONE
  22. Commodore 64 – The great refurbishing – PART TWO
  23. 3D Printing – The heavy learning curve
  24. Quick post about broken smartphone screen
  25. Commodore 64 – The great refurbishing – PART ONE
  26. Amiga 600TDP – The Dark Project
  27. Monster (sic!) server upgrades (OLD)
  28. 3D Printing – The beginning of a journey
  29. GSM 900 sniffing – osmocomBB excersizes
  30. SIO2SD – SD card reader for 8-bit Atari series
  31. Commodore 64 – SID in AVR wrapping
  32. ZX Spectrum 48k – panel replacement
  33. Atari 1040 STe a.k.a. Puzzle project
  34. Atari 65XE on steroids a.k.a my first computer