I do not think I could take apart another Mega Drive… at least not for a few days. I’ve gone ahead and taken some great quality pictures of the innards of five of my functioning Mega Drive Model 1s and … Continue reading
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Sega TeraDrive Hard Drive Interface IDE / ESDI / XTA
Above are some photos of Sega TeraDrive hard drive. Sadly it looks like a simple interface is not possible natively by the looks. See the TeraDrive HD pinout spreadsheet on the File Server for the differences in pins. There’s half … Continue reading
286 / 386 / 486 – Overclocking and Upgrades
Wow! My mind been racing at 1000 miles an hour. I can barely keep up with the ideas for future mods jump in. Let’s start with what I’ve been scribbling down on the paper next to my computer. I have … Continue reading
Nintendo Famicom AV Mod Complete
Above is a demonstration of how the AV mod works and why it works the way that it does.
… Continue readingSega TeraDrive Puzzle Construction
To kick things off here is a video of my faulty WDI-325Q. Listen to it grind! I’ll need to be sending that back to the … Continue reading
Sega TeraDrive Model 2 and Model 3
That’s right it is video time, starting off here is the TeraDrive Model 3 getting a hard drive up and running. Very happy … Continue reading
Sega TeraDrive Model 3 Hard Drive Replacement
It worked and it worked! I can’t really complain about that. Picked up 3x IBM WDL-330P drives for the TeraDrive Model 3 of mine that didn’t have a hard drive and they all work well.
The drives had 3, 8 … Continue reading
Long Weekends and Nintendo Famicoms
Some good news, and some good news. It looks like I am going to have Thursday -Monday (inclusive!) off work. This means nothing but organising and sorting through my console collection.
I have also received some boxed Japanese parts … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega PC with PicoPSU on a Dual Screen Setup
Above is a quick demo of my dual screen setup. Figured I’d record a video of a Saturn in action while I was running burn-in … Continue reading
Nintendo Famicom Composite AV Mod
The Nintendo Family Computer. Ohhhh yeahhhh! Below are the first, second and third revisions of my attempt at an AV mod for the Famicom.
The first attempt was a proof of concept, hence the mess of cables – functional yet … Continue reading
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