I ended up mounting the SCSI2SD in my recently sold Sega Dreamcast Katana into a 3D printed sled. I’ve just noticed now that there are plenty of caddies that help them fit into the space of a 3.5″ hard … Continue reading
Author: Shane McRetro
Sony PSP CFW 6.61 on PSP-1000 and PSP-3000
I stumbled onto a PSP-1000 (Phat) and PSP-3000 (Brite) to tinker with. When the owner had last looked at these the Official Firmware (OFW) was up to 6.60 and there wasn’t an exploit available to unlock his PSP-3000. The PSP-1000 … Continue reading
Rotation Magic by ExifTool
Recently my iPhone has been doing that thing where it doesn’t realise it is actually in landscape mode and captures my 4K video in portrait mode so everything is sideways. How fun! Thankfully Phil Harvey has created ExifTool that allows … Continue reading
Sega Saturn Power Supply Swap Hints and Tips
Here’s a few of the potential pitfalls to watch out for when swapping power supplies between your Sega Saturns. In this video we are looking at a “This is COOL” Skeleton Saturn and bumping it from 110V-240V for use in … Continue reading
Denon DCD-F101 Eject Mechanism Repair
This one sure was a doozy, I lost most of the footage and just ended up with what you see in the above video. At least the darned thing works. Not that I personally use CDs or DVDs for that … Continue reading
The Jewel of the Xbox
For the longest time I’ve had this Kasumi Blue Xbox from a fellow game enthusiast from way down Melbourne way. And for the longest time the darned jewel has been crooked. I got around to straightening it up. I ended … Continue reading
27C1024 EPROM Dumping with the MiniPro TL866
Ah yes, the ways of the 16-bit chip. Here we dump a Mega-CD BIOS several times to ensure we aren’t getting any errors. It’s also a good idea to reseat the chip in between dumps to make sure you are … Continue reading
The Two Sides of Every Unboxing Video Ever
The first side is as vanilla and ordinary as you would imagine an unboxing video to be. The controller in the box is extracted through the process one would usually expect. You could consider this the safe for work (SFW) … Continue reading
University Study Update (2018 Recap)
| GPA Results | |
|---|---|
| Semester 2, 2015 | 5.5* |
| Semester 1, 2017 | 6.5 |
| Semester 2, 2017 | 5.3 |
| Semester 1, 2018 | 6.7 |
| Semester 2, 2018 | 6.3 |
| Overall Course GPA 6.1 * Entry exams to get into the degree. |
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I was curious about how my … Continue reading
Sega Dreamcast Dev Kit Software Overview
We check the HKT-0120 dev kit and HKT-0400 GD writer using DA-Check v2.32 and then play around with GDWorkshop 2.9.0K running firmware 2.9.1b. The game that we were able to tinker with was WSB2K2 – World Series Baseball 2K2, not … Continue reading
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