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@janbeta.net
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I repair/hack/make/destroy stuff on YouTube/PeerTube.

Retrocomputing, VintageAudio, Tinkering. As unprofessional as it gets.

Chaotic good. Anti-fascist. C64 rules.

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New video! Refurbishing 2 Super Famicom Controllers and looking at the differences between regional variants.

YouTube: youtu.be/gluiCLIRdks
PeerTube: makertube.net/w/1e3BLCX677...

#Nintendo #SNES #Controller #SuperFamicom #SuperNintendo #Refurb #Restoration #Retrobright #RetroGaming
Super Nintendo/Super Famicom Controller Refurb
YouTube video by Jan Beta
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I was the guest on Retro Computer Roundup Episode 89. Had a fun talk with @museumjoe.bsky.social and @ronscompvids.bsky.social about Commodores, retro repairs, YouTube shenanigans, hills to die on, lips, and pretty much everything in-between.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLtb...
Jan Beta - Retro Repair Roundup Episode 89
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December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Join us tonight as we interview the ever amazing @janbeta.net! The answers to all your Commodore 64 questions will be revealed!*

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLtb...

*Not all questions may be answered. Offer void in Utah.
Jan Beta - Retro Repair Roundup Episode 89
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December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Old man yells at Cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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New video! Refurbishing 2 Super Famicom Controllers and looking at the differences between regional variants.

YouTube: youtu.be/gluiCLIRdks
PeerTube: makertube.net/w/1e3BLCX677...

#Nintendo #SNES #Controller #SuperFamicom #SuperNintendo #Refurb #Restoration #Retrobright #RetroGaming
Super Nintendo/Super Famicom Controller Refurb
YouTube video by Jan Beta
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November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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New video is up ad-free for all monthly supporters on Patreon & Ko-fi and for the YouTube channel members! Thank you so much for your support! <3 www.patreon.com/posts/super-...
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November 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Amigas at NASA? Seems so! On a 1990/1991 demoscene slideshow disk, I found these cool digitizations. The classic worm logo as well!
A credits saying "The following images were digitized at NASA by Kerry Lancaster using Newtek's Digiview Digizter." With thanks to microsearch for the of their Amigas A digitized photo of a Shuttle with its bays open and conducting operations Another crt tv screenie of a shuttle in orbit, seen from above, bays open. A digitized image of a suited astronaut in space conducting operations in (what I think) is a shuttle bay
February 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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#InTheLabDoingStuff
2 Nintendo Super Famicom controllers taken apart and the mechanical parts spread out on a towel for drying after washing them in soapy water. The Mitsumi circuit boards from the two controllers on my workbench, cleaned with alcohol and contact cleaner. Q-tips, tissues, IPA and contact cleaner are sitting next to the PCBs.
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Managed to play a little something on the C64 earlier this week. It's not much, but it's something:
Deceptor on C64 (Rob's Retro Rambles)
YouTube video by GigerPunk
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November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Old Agnus in an unmodified Amiga 500.
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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New video! Fully restoring a PAL Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Recapping, Cleaning, Retrobrighting, Repairing, even some 3D Priniting.

YouTube: youtu.be/N_58DqbB3e8
PeerTube: makertube.net/w/4DYddo3pkm...

#SNES #SuperNintendo #Nintendo #Restoration #Repair #Recapping #Corrosion #RetroGaming
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (PAL SNSP-CPU-01) Restoration
YouTube video by Jan Beta
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November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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New video! Fully restoring a PAL Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Recapping, Cleaning, Retrobrighting, Repairing, even some 3D Priniting.

YouTube: youtu.be/N_58DqbB3e8
PeerTube: makertube.net/w/4DYddo3pkm...

#SNES #SuperNintendo #Nintendo #Restoration #Repair #Recapping #Corrosion #RetroGaming
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (PAL SNSP-CPU-01) Restoration
YouTube video by Jan Beta
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November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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New video is up ad-free (but with integrated sponsored content) for all supporters on Patreon & Ko-fi and the YouTube channel members! Thank you so much for your support! <3 www.patreon.com/posts/super-...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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New lengthy video coming up later. It took a while to edit the massive amounts of footage down to something digestible. :D
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
PicoIDE
An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers
www.crowdsupply.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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I am very thankful to have met Becky at VCF East and to have chatted with her about her winning the Atari Space Invaders championship.

Such an amazing person and a gaming industry legend.

Sleep well Becky.
Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died
Heineman's cancer fundraiser is now collecting for her funeral.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Old man yells at Cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Quick fix on the kid‘s CD player (Harman/Kardon HD200 from around 1988). It was completely dead so I suspected the power supply section. I started measuring voltages and when I touched one of the connections going from the transformer into the PCB with the multimeter probe, it sprung to life. (1/2)
Harman Kardon CD player on my workbench with the lid removed so the mechanics and the circuit board are visible.
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I was a guest on the German #BesserWissen podcast and talked about the #Commodore #VIC20/#VC20 (and also managed to repair the host‘s VIC after recording). The episode is available here: besserwissen.podigee.io/165-vc20
Volkscomputer - der erste Millionär - Besser Wissen - Podcast
Wir unterhalten uns über den ersten Computer, der einen Werbeetat in Millionenhöhe hatte und mehr als eine Million Exemplare verkaufte.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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It’s done! Much more effort than I anticipated but it turned out nicely, if I may say so myself. Very pleased with it. Video coming soon! #SNEStoration #Nintendo #SuperNintendo #SNES
Fully restored and retrobrighted SNES on my workbench. There are still hints of yellowing but it looks nearly as good as new. The state the SNES was in before the restoration. Yellowed, dirty and in rather poor condition overall.
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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1990s SMD electrolytic capacitorps. #Nintendo #SNES
Closeup of the circuit board from the SNES I’m working on. Some of the SMD capacitors have clearly leaked and corroded the traces around them.
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Tonight, I was working on a Commodore 1802 monitor with a rare non-broken front door! The power switch disintegrated, so I installed a better metal one salvaged from an old AT PSU.
Commodore 1802 monitor broken power switch replaced with a metal one from a power supply Commodore 1802 Working well! Showing SMTPE color bars.
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Hey everyone!

In this medley, I combined all my personal favorite C64 game tracks from my childhood into one 8-minute journey. It’s banger after banger after banger… so many earworms at once, it’s almost overwhelming! 🎵🎶

Come with me on a musical trip back to my childhood. 🕹️
#8bit #c64 #vgm
The Best C64 Tunes Ever Made in ONE HIT-MEDLEY!
YouTube video by Nordischsound
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November 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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#LogLoads64
Bod Squad, The

I think I picked this up LATE in the #C64 Day and you know what, if you like platformers / Rick Dangerous, this is a DECENT game. Great production values, brilliant movement and GFX & SFX. For a BUDGET game. It really is very good. If you have not played it - do so today!
The cool Egyptian Pyramid feel of the Bod Squad loading screen. Bod the Alien and a cohort are present. Tutankhamun is in a sarcophagus; a green monster mummy wrapped in banbages is here, treasures and caverns of loot-filled Egyptian HEAVEN! And this only depicts LEVEL 1!
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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SNEStoration going on. #InTheLabDoingStuff
A yellowed PAL Super Nintendo console on my workbench photographed at an angle. A controller plug is connected to the first port, no cartridge is inserted.
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM