The PC you wanted in 1999, built right.

Vintage systems, spec'd to what you actually want to run

Every NEON PULSE Vintage System starts with a conversation, not a price list. Tell us the games, the software, the era you remember. We'll spec a machine around it and quote it honestly. If a plain OEM box will do the job, you'll hear that. If you want the monster build you couldn't afford as a kid, we'll build that too, and tell you where the money really goes.

Front panels get real attention: custom I/O, period drive bays, clean cable runs. Inside, the cards you remember: ATI Radeon, 3dfx Voodoo, Sound Blaster Live! and Audigy.

The good parts are getting scarce. A Voodoo3 3000 regularly sells for hundreds of dollars on its own now, and every year fewer working cards turn up. If there's a machine you've been meaning to build, the time to do it is getting shorter.

Custom builds

Period boards, CPUs and cards, picked for your games and software. Budget builds and no-compromise builds both welcome.

OEM restorations

Dell, HP, Compaq and friends brought back to factory-fresh: cleaned, recapped where needed, fresh drives, clean install.

Every system leaves with

• A custom system manualWritten for your machine: its parts, its drivers, how to look after it.
• A restore discPut it back to exactly how it left the bench, any time.
• Worldwide shippingPacked for the trip, wherever you are.
• A Stripe invoiceNothing is sold on this site. Once the spec is agreed, you get an invoice.

1. Call or emailTell us what you want to run and roughly what you want to spend.
2. Spec and quoteAn honest parts list and price. Builds are taken case by case.
3. Build and testDemand is high, so there's sometimes a wait list. We'll tell you where you stand.
4. Invoice and deliveryPay the Stripe invoice, then collect by appointment or we ship it.

Everything about vintage systems: eras, parts, gallery and questions

CRT, VCR and HiFi, on our own bench

Tube monitors, tube TVs, VCRs and stereo gear are repaired here, and we sell restored CRTs and VCRs too. Call to ask what's on the shelf.

CRT monitors and TVs

Picture, geometry and convergence faults, dead power supplies, flyback and focus problems. Restored tubes for sale, matched to a vintage build if you want the full setup.

CRT repair and sales

VCRs

Belts, idlers, heads, tracking and tape-eating decks. Working VCRs for sale, cleaned and tested with real tape.

VCR repair and sales

HiFi and electronics repair

$40 / hour, parts extra, 90-day warranty

Receivers, amps, turntables, tape decks and CD players, plus vintage PCs and classic consoles. We also pull data off old drives before they die for good.

What we repair

From the same shop