These details and photos were kindly supplied by Don McQuistan to share with fellow PURE Evoke 1S users wanting to update their displays.
Pure Evoke 1S display repair How to modify the coloured LEDs in an Eagle LED Nightlight (Part No. E304CD). Instead of cold green and blue, I changed them to warm white and pink. Photos included.
Eagle nightlight, LED nightlight
Updated on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 11:44PM by
Alan W
Whilst trawling through my archives of Practical Electronics magazines – I was compiling some PDFs of the 1970/ 71 PE Gemini amplifier for a reader – I stumbled across an advert for a supplier named Garland Bros. Ltd. who were located in London. Their black and white ad showed an impressive shop storefront, enhanced by signs overhead sporting a shopping list of many of the electronic components that they sold. 'South-east London's leading component store', their ad. exclaimed.
This video documentary is the story of Supermarionation, Gerry Anderson's puppetry behind Thunderbirds and other series, which in the 1960s sparked my interest in technology and instrumentation as a boy. View on Amazon or on DVD.
It also reveals the location of the early Century 21 TV studios on a trading estate in Slough. It's now a tyre depot.
Just around the block (on Leigh Street) was the opening shot location of the BBC TV series with Ricky Gervais, The Office, according to Find that Location. It's since been demolished (opening titles: YouTube).
See my Interview Part 1: the Control Freak
My item on the old Ambra PC - an early/ mid 1990s Windows PC that was actually an IBM clone made by a subsidiary of IBM themselves - caused some interest recently. My first PC was an Ambra and the 1990s were the happiest of times using one. I had a certain fondness for my Ambra Hurdla 486 which played a major part in my freelance career. If you owned one of these fast and smart-looking PCs then you might be interested in my recently updated article, with Ambra brochures and user comments (including some from Ambra-insiders) in my blog entry Take your mind for a run.
Ambra Hurdla PC Light bulbs based on light-emitting diodes are now universally available, and sales easily outstrip CFLs (compact fluorescent lights). They have virtually replaced halogen lights too, which are gradually being made obsolete. This article offers a few pointers about LED specs - specifically the use of Lumens to describe output in a user-friendly way.
Lumens vs. watts A post about 35mm slide viewers - including a terrible one to avoid at all costs, and some LED-powered ones that offer great results.
Here’s the latest in a long line of useless Business Directory listings that I've reported on in recent years. They mostly originate in Holland – this latest one purporting to be from ‘World Business List’. Apparently, updates are (still) free!
Updated on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 2:51PM by
Alan W
Updated on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 12:40PM by
Alan W
Updated on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 1:44PM by
Alan W
I’ve had a few requests asking for advice on replacing the OLED displays in a PURE Avanti Flow. I managed to fix a used, working Avanti Flow which needed a new display but the Avanti Flow is much trickier to repair than an Evoke Flow as it contains a sandwich deck of printed circuit boards inside, each connected by a spaghetti of ribbon cables all located in a restricted space. A full tear-down with photos is here.
Updated on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 6:05PM by
Alan W
Wo ist es? This online emporium run by Westfalia Werkzeugcompany GmbH was a goldmine of mostly German quality, hard to find tools, equipment and materials for the homeowner, DIY enthusiast, farmer and hobbyist. Not to be confused with Westfalia towbars, this Westfalia worktools company (“Qualität aus Hagen”) boasted 95+ years of service and had a UK mail order outlet at www.westfalia.net. Seems Westfalia have abandoned the UK market and retrenched to Germany.
