Retro Computing Grotto

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IBM T42 Hard Disk Password Removal

Earlier on today I was trying to perform a factory reset/restore of an IBM T42 laptop and I got …

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USB Power Meter

A USB Power Meter is a great tool to have on your arsenal as it can easily and quickly show you …

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Transistor MOSFET Diode Capacitor and Inductor Tester

The DollaTek LCR-T4 ESR Meter is an inexpensive piece of test equipment that can cost as little …

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Nintendo Wii Power Adapter Voltage Tester Lead

I've got a box of Nintendo Wii power adapters that I need to test and there are basically tw…

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Laptop and Desktop POST Card PCI and Parallel Port

Not a lot of people know this, on most (but not all) retro laptops will output POST codes to the…

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Motherboard Inductance Coil Tester

To be honest, I'm not sure how useful this piece of test equipment is going to be, but at £1…

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Laptop Keyboard Tester

I have a large amount of laptop keyboards in my Spares and Repairs 'pile' that were take…