About

Garage 8 bits (8-Bit Garage) is a one-person repair bench for the computers, consoles and handhelds of the 1980s and early 1990s: Commodore, Atari, Nintendo, Coleco and Mattel.

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How the bench works

• Every machine gets a job file, from the photos taken on arrival to the repair report it goes home with.
• Every replaced chip goes in on a socket, so it can be swapped again in 40 years.
• Every repair ends with a 4-hour burn-in test.
• Turnaround is usually 2 to 3 weeks from your approval, longer if a part is back-ordered.

Where

The workshop is in the Montréal–Ottawa area. Drop-off and pickup are by appointment; the address is given when your repair is booked. Mail-in repairs are welcome from anywhere in Canada.

Contact

The quickest way to reach us is the repair request form. For anything else, write to [EMAIL].

Service in English and French.