I’ve just ordered a Canon EOS 600D DSLR online. It should arrive in the next week or two. Using this I’ll be able to take decent quality photos of all the items I have purchased. In other news, I am … Continue reading
New Camera – Canon EOS 600D
Author: Shane McRetro
Amstrad (Sega) Mega PC, Athlon 500MHz Rebuild and PicoPSU
After loading Windows 95 to the Amstrad Mega PC, it is quite clear that it will not be a good choice to leave it running like a broken down horse-drawn buggy. So poking around the internet Windows 3.11 is the … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega PC Running Windows 95 OSR 2.5
Now I see why minimum requirements are called minimum requirements. This thing runs like a beast on Windows 95. I … Continue reading
Sega Game Gear LED Backlight Mod
One of my Game Gears had bad capacitors – so I replaced them. I then found it also had a backlight bulb. … Continue reading
New Purchases – 9th April 2012
Dialled things back a little while waiting for all these other things to arrive from last weeks purchases. Yet there are still some awesome things on the way.
First off we have the Sega Genesis Nomad (above). Essentially a handheld … Continue reading
Sega Saturn External PSU – Proof of Concept
Success! It sure does taste sweet. Finally a proof of concept to show that Saturns can be powered by external power supply bricks. … Continue reading
New Purchases Inbound
I’ve got four Sega Saturns from two owners coming – three functional, one broken. Broken in what way? Even the seller did not know, should be very interesting. Three of the ones coming are model 1 and one is a … Continue reading
Sega Game Gear Before Repair – No Video, Quiet Audio
Here’s the little Game Gear prior to repair. As you can see from the above it has very quiet sound and no … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega Plus PC 486SLC
Great news, the co-processor for the 486SLC CPU has arrived and is recognised perfectly. It is an ULSI Advanced Math Coprocessor SX/SLC rated at 33MHz. Code US83S87. Also detected as an ULSI ULSI 84×87
I’ve been able to run MEMTEST … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega Plus PC Upgrade
The new motherboard went in and POST passed OK, hard drives were recognised perfectly. Sadly this indicates that the 386 board that was originally in the machine has an issue with the hard drive controller on the motherboard. It will … Continue reading
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