My friend Kjell Ove also has a retro computer channel on YouTube. He has a large collection of old computers. Many of the computers I have featured on my own YouTube-channel comes from him. He has some great content there. Check it out https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCclERYiH_NU9Ja78ToLoH-g

This is my lab in the attic of my house. When I am not there it is dark, but not completely dark. I am now working on a Macintosh Classic

Happy 40th birthday to the Sinclair ZX81! The ZX81 was launched on 5 March 1981 in two versions (though with identical components) – a pre-assembled machine or a cheaper kit version, which the user could assemble himself. Both versions were manufactured in Dundee, Scotland by Timex Corporation at the company’s […]

I made a list of all the electrolyte (and x2) capacitors in the Commodore SX-64 executive/portable C64 computer. This is for the PAL/230V edition. Complete with part-numbers for DigiKey. Includes CPU, PSU, Floppy and CRT-boards. This is for CPU Board P.NO 251102 REV A Download in Excel-format Download […]

Part 1/2. This video is about the Commodore VIC 20 8-bit machine from the early 80’s. Watch the restoration, keyboard repair, retrobrighting and recapping of the machine. In addition I build the VIC 20 Hyper Expander cartridge designed by Sven Petersen, then play some Donkey Kong. Sven Petersen […]

Welcome to my new web site and blog. I have changed name from Ovesen.net to Arctic retro and this is the new site. I am working on the content for my new site. So please be patient. In the meantime, ovesen.net is still up and running as before. […]