Adam's Vintage Computer Restorations

I’m very pleased to say that my shed electronics workshop has made it through to the public vote for Shed of the Year 2026, a competition celebrating the best sheds across the UK which is currently in its 20th year of running.

Way back in 2023, I bought my first Apple Macintosh SE/30, to go alongside my 1986 Mac Plus, 1991 Mac Classic I, and 1993 Mac Classic II.

For Christmas 2025, my wife bought me a lovely 1984 Seiko A965-4000 “talking watch”, which had been sold-as-seen on eBay as non-working for spares/repairs.

Early last year, I bought a very nice 1999 Gateway GP7-500 PC and matching EV700 17″ VGA CRT display from someone fairly local who got in touch with me via my website.

A few weeks ago I picked up a small haul of vintage computers fairly locally from someone who got in touch with me via my website, including a Sharp MZ-80K in its original box – these are pretty cool computers and I’ve been after getting one for a little…

Last year, a friend of mine very kindly gave me my first Panasonic 3DO, an FZ-1 model, in good physical condition but unknown operational condition – it had been stored in a loft for several years.

Last year, a colleague of mine very kindly gave me this Toshiba SD-23VB VHS/DVD combi player, which was apparently completely dead, likely a fault with the internal PSU.

Last year, I repaired a Vectrex games console for a friend of mine who runs Re:Wired Museum & Arcade CIC, a community-run project in Teesside which helps to preserve and showcase technology that has impacted society.

A couple of weeks ago, I repaired a 2003 Microsoft Xbox for a friend of mine – a very lovely and rather rare green crystal limited-edition Xbox with a translucent case.

Last year, I repaired a Commodore PET 8032 for a friend of mine.