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Review of the new 18W USB-C TS80 temperature controlled portable soldering iron. TLDR; Highly recommended, money well spent if you need a portable iron solution, but you need a QC3 battery pack. Podcast: Download

Is a $5 8W USB soldering iron actually useful? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

The Australian Computer Museum Societies’ warehouse has to shut down next week, so Dave goes warehouse diving. If you know of someone willing to donate warehouse space in Sydney, please let me know. UPDATE: Please don’t contact them with offers of small donations space, they need a HUGE space, as ...

A look at one of the world’s first handheld electronics games, the classic 1978 Parker Brother game Merlin The Electronic Wizard. It just so happens to use the world’s first microcontroller, the 4 bit Texas Instruments TMS1000 Some history and a teardown. Nice history of the Merlin development Forum HERE ...

More than an hour of Mailbag! Forum HERE SPOILERS: Sony DVO-1000MD medical device video DVD recorder teardown 8:09 Security ISA card teardown from the 1980’s 18:39 Power Grid the board game! 25:02 USB soldering iron 27:21 TI-nSpire CAS+ calculator PROTOTYPE! 35:28 DIY JBC/Hakko soldering iron controller 41:49 UV LED lamp ...