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Nix McRetro // 25th August 2013 // News, YouTube

Welcome to the RetroJunkie YouTube Channel with your host Nix McRetro! Feel free to browse the selection of videos for what you are after… you know you want to! Current and archived McRetro channel links can be found on the Channels page. Channel trailers Subscribe Today! (Version 2.0) Subscribe Today!... Continue reading

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-02 Volume Board Diagnosis

Nix McRetro // 7th August 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Just when you get one thing working, you discover a secondary fault on another board. Here we have a look at why audio is leaking through the left channel and why we are not able to adjust the volume on that same channel. In the later repair-attempt post, I reported... Continue reading

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-02 Mic Amp Board Repairs

Nix McRetro // 6th August 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Found that one of the Mic Amp Boards (Board 02-09) does not amplify sound. In this video, we look at why that might be and work to resolve the problem as best we can. The Mic Amp Board (01-09) from the revision 1 unit has no issues and was a... Continue reading

x0xb0x 1.0 Adafruit Edition: Assembly Complete, No Sound

Nix McRetro // 6th August 2013 // News, YouTube

SuperNick (Nick) has completed assembly of the x0xb0x, however, there is no sound. Earlier tests had produced sawtooth and square-wave output from parts of the board, so assembly is complete but the whole synthesiser still needs troubleshooting. See if you can spot the time where the raving cats appear. Related... Continue reading

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit EPROM Programming and Repair Test

Nix McRetro // 6th August 2013 // Programming, Repairs, Sega

In this video, I blank and burn an EPROM using the MPR-15768-T BIOS dump I took from the Aiwa Mega-CD. We also get to test whether the trace repairs I did a while back actually work. Is the news good? Watch on to find out! Related posts Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1... Continue reading