Start with the machine
Customers pick their vintage machine from a list of common platforms. C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and more. The clinic knows up front what it's being asked to repair before anyone types a single symptom.
A fictional clinic for vintage and retro computers. Invented brand, invented tone, and a symptom checker that turns "my C64 won't boot" into a proper diagnosis report before the customer books.
Try the demo →Retro computer repair is a niche inside a niche. Someone turns up with a Commodore 64 that won't boot or an Amiga with a garbled display, and the shop has to ask the same questions every time. Which machine, what are the symptoms, any visible damage to the board. It's time the shop isn't paid for, and it's friction the customer didn't ask for.
Customers often know the machine they've got but not what's wrong with it. A non-booting C64 could be a PSU fault, a capacitor failure, or a dead SID chip. Without a way to narrow it down, every enquiry lands as "my old computer doesn't work" and the shop has to start from zero every time.
Kilobyte Clinic doesn't exist. The name, the terminal-inspired identity, the tone of voice, the diagnostic framing, the invented clinic persona, all built to prove that a retro computer repair shop can have a proper brand instead of a dusty eBay storefront and a Facebook group.
Terminal aesthetic as the spine of the identity, committing to the "clinic for computers" concept all the way through rather than treating it as a surface pun. Green on black for the diagnostic interface echoes both medical equipment and old-school console output.
Monospace display typography for the brand, a clean sans-serif for body copy. Tone of voice skips the jargon most repair shops lean on, writing as if the clinic is explaining your computer's condition to you without the condescension.
The symptom checker is the heart of the demo. Visitors pick their vintage machine, tick the symptoms they're seeing, and get a proper diagnosis report with likely faults, cost range, and severity before they ever book a repair.
Customers pick their vintage machine from a list of common platforms. C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and more. The clinic knows up front what it's being asked to repair before anyone types a single symptom.
Plain-language symptoms tailored to vintage hardware. Won't power on, no sound, keyboard membrane failure, capacitor damage. Customers can tick more than one, because real faults rarely arrive in isolation.
The checker combines machine and symptoms into a terminal-style diagnosis report with likely faults, cost range, recovery time, and a severity rating. The customer books the right consultation first time, the clinic skips the manual triage.
The pattern works for any business where customers don't know what they need until they talk to you. A diagnostic or triage tool routes visitors to the right service before they book, cuts down on manual triage work, and improves the quality of every enquiry you do get.
If your business fits the shape, customers needing to be routed to the right service, I can design the brand, build the site, and wire up the diagnostic feature in a few weeks.
Have a play with the real demo. Pick a retro machine, tick some symptoms, watch the diagnosis report build in the terminal.
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