Category Archives: Electronics

There’s just something about a soldering iron that gives me a warm feeling inside, pun intended. I can’t help tinkering with LEDs, microcontrollers, and computers. It’s what I’m paid to do, but also what I love to do with my free time.

Handspring VisorPhone Repair

July 23, 2004 – 10:22 pm

I got another email from someone with a broken VisorPhone.

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Guild Spice Chest Radio Restoration

July 9, 2004 – 1:42 am

A good friend of mine had a beautiful old radio in his attic. He was good enough to let me have a crack at restoring it to working condition.

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Handspring Visor Prism Touchscreen Repair

July 2, 2004 – 2:32 am

Matt accidentally dropped his Visor Prism and it can’t get up!

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PC Video Card Mod

April 5, 2004 – 10:03 am

I have a GeForce2 MX400 video card.

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PC APM Hack

April 5, 2004 – 10:01 am

Advanced Power Management is a feature of most current motherboards and case power supplies.

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Handspring Visor Memory Upgrade

March 21, 2004 – 1:26 am

In August of 2001, I got real gutsy. How, you ask? Well, I decided to take a geek-like plunge, and disassemble my Visor.

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PC BIOS Upgrade

April 1, 2001 – 10:05 am

In April of 2001, I completed a major (in my humble opinion) hardware mod. I ditched my BIOS chip and replaced it with my own self-programmed version.

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