What a hoot. Turned on my microbee after leaving it parked in the shed for the last 18 odd years and it worked. Even the old amber screen CRT monitor lit up. It even boots faster than my 2G HP pavillion laptop. Here's an inside…
Continue reading...Well after some long delayed investigations into the shed ( the real one ) I dug out some of my Microbee computer stuff. I last used these computers in anger back in 1986! I decided that as I've only got one remaining floppy drive on…
Continue reading...There is currently a lot of solar panel's available on fleabay and from other sources. Some are good and some aren't so good. One aspect that I've come across is some poetic license on panel output power. A lot of the panels offered are a…
Continue reading...Some thoughts and concepts to consider when deciding upon where to mount a solar regulator. There are a lot of portable solar panel kits being sold at the moment and for varying prices. One aspect that has been questioned, is where should you mount the…
Continue reading...Supercheap 42 litre compressor fridge/freezer LianFa LF8042 background Some testing and experimenting has been done to see if there was any way of improving the efficiency of the fridge without making any major modifications. The restriction of no major modification to the fridge prevented some…
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