I have been looking for a portable soldering iron / station. I have had gas version before in the past but came across this one on Amazon that uses a Makita battery. There are also others for DeWalt, Ryobi etc. So far it's been working fine but need to find a new tip as it comes only with one and it...

rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:04 pm Go on, admit it, you bought one...

It was close but I expect @PhilC is resisting.

I saw this in a link I received today https://www.mini-itx.com/~CBM-6502

rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:06 pm Somebody's spent a little too much time on eBay

(Like I can talk!)

Yes, unfortunately where I was I ended up looking at the tech I had when I was young and eBay got the bettter of me

Another odd trip down memory lane for me. This was my first ever mobile phone, before GSM. A true analog handset and at the time quite slim compared to some of the bricks that were around.

I didn't actually have this one but a friend of mine did and we played it a lot. The box is a bit tatty and the plastic board is very brittle and needed a bit of super glue to fix. IMG_3654.jpeg IMG_3655.jpeg The electronic part of the board game is that when you go to battle each player places thei...

Higgy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:17 pm @Icky I expect the parents ripped off the cable to the speaker
I had this one back in the day, lots of fun.

This could well be parental sabotage @Higgy

alexh wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:32 pm My friends had Invader From Space game. And Scramble.

We had FireFox F-7.

Nice! Also well preserved box and game you have there @alexh

So next on my trip down hand held electronic game memories I purchased the Grandstand Invader From Space, I was not lucky enough to get the more expensive Grandstand Astrowars. However this was a good second. Again boxed with instructions, although the only thing not working is the sound so I need t...