You wait ages for one blog on an ancient obscure UK Unix workstation from the 1980s and then two turn up at once (sort of).

Parts 12 and 13 of my escapades with the Torch Triple X:

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2026/03/putting-scart-before-composite-horse.html

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2026/03/getting-to-scart-of-matter-torch-triple.html

Happy Monday. Another blog about some obscure computer that no-one uses any more. This one is about the same computer I've been banging on about for at least two years..

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/09/torch-triple-x-part-11-highs-and-lows.html

I know it's late but you know that you want to read a blog about a 1979(ish) Commodore PET by someone who's never even seen one before..

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/09/now-i-have-even-older-one-pet-4032.html

It's 4th July. There's only one way to celebrate the day. By reading another blog about the same obscure 1980's British computer that I was banging on about last time.

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/07/txxx-x.html

It's Friday. It's 11 o'clock. You know what that means!

Another blog about an obscure British computer from the 1980's.

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/06/icanalmosttouchit-torch-triple-x-part-9.html

Finally managed to finish my blog post on RetroFest '25. Looking forward to '26! 😁

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-festival-of-retro-stuff-in-2025.html

I've been quiet. Here's a new blog. It has RAM in it.

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/03/havent-we-been-here-before-cifer-ram.html

My latest blog. A bit of a scatter gun of updates but real life keeps getting in the way of important retro computing things...

https://crashedfiesta.blogspot.com/2025/03/dark-in-here-isnt-it-death-light.html

Phew! The thinnest wire I have (a tiny bit thicker than the original) used to replace the original fuse wire. Everything starts correctly now. The fuse was for the -12v line which I assume must have something to do with the CRT HV starting..

I'm not worried about the wire being a tiny bit thicker as I won't be blundering through there again in a hurry. And it really is only a fraction thicker.

Anyway, it works. 😁
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