Category: Tinkerings

Rough GB cart “Repair”

A friend of mine mentioned that her Pokemon Silver cart wasn’t saving. Naturally ones mind immediately goes to a dead battery. Doubly so for the Pokemon Silver carts as they not only have to power the SRAM but also the RTC for timekeeping. She mentioned that the battery was replaced a few years prior by…
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June 6, 2026
The Best Gift is Always a Sword

The Idea: This holiday season I wanted to break the mold with what I got my partner as a gift. I didn’t want to do anything cliche and wanted to put a bit of myself into the gift. I wanted to make something that said “I respect you as my equal. Let’s go fight the…
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March 4, 2026
1928 RCA Radiola 18

Found this gem at a peddlers’s mall! All the tubes seems to be intact (cursory glance at the getters), though the cords are dry rotted, and the inside has a lot of surface rust. Haven’t plugged it in yet because I don’t want to accidentally cause a fire or worse … harm the tubes. I…
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December 1, 2025
A New Battery for my TEC-1D Z80 Computer

How this came to be: I originally came across the TEC (Talking Electronics Computer1) while researching how to load home-brewed Gameboy ROMs onto bootleg carts. I found BennVenn’s Joey-Jr. on my quest and found it to be one of the best pieces of equipment I’ve ever used. Naturally, I returned to his website2 to browse…
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August 22, 2025
The RF Probe that keeps on giving

I made the “RF Sniffer Clip” as described in the 198th issue of SPRAT. This little guy has come in handy more times than i can count. With it, I’ve troubleshot radios, ignition systems, slayer exciters, florescent lighting, and quite a few other systems. It is a quick-to-make and extremely cheap tool. I will talk…
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July 18, 2025