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Seagate 20GB Hard Drive Dissected

Nix McRetro // 23rd November 2013 // IBM PC, YouTube

Well, we didn’t cut it up for science… or did we? Poor Seagate, if they can’t get 20GB right, what hope do we have for larger drives? Just kidding! I know all drives have potential to fail. It’s just it always seems to be Seagate when I look at the... Continue reading

Birds in Buckets in Backyards

Nix McRetro // 21st November 2013 // YouTube

What is wrong with wildlife? I know it’s spring, but why nature! Why! Also, it was quite hot, I found an empty birdbath nearby, filled it up with water and kicked over the half-filled bucket. No more trapped birds for me today! Continue reading

SNES Controller Pad Inspection and Cleaning

Nix McRetro // 19th November 2013 // Nintendo, Repairs, YouTube

Picked this controller up on the eBay earlier and thought I’d give it a bit of a clean out. Well… that and I’d never seen inside a genuine Super NES controller. EarthBound has never been so responsive! Continue reading

Sega Master System Reassembly in High Speed

Nix McRetro // 17th November 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Kick it into high gear, here’s a Sega Master System going back together. This is the one I need to poke at to make work properly. It’s on the shelf for now, but soon it will be back out and we’ll be playing great games in no time… on the... Continue reading

Upcoming Microsoft Xbox Softmod / TSOP Mod

Nix McRetro // 17th November 2013 // Microsoft, Repairs, YouTube

I’ve got two lovely ladies (well Xbox units) wanting to be free of restricting official firmware. One problem… one has a failing hard drive and the other… well the other is actually looking like it has a good chance of being modded properly. Hopefully, I’ll document the whole thing properly... Continue reading