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Western Technologies Sega Dev Card Software Overview

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // Devkit, Programming, Sega

This gives a peek at the software running behind the Western Technologies Development Card for uploading (they call it downloading) from the PC to the Mega Drive. Works the same way as a Mega EverDrive over an LPT port instead of using an EEPROM! Beats having to burn the EPROMs... Continue reading

Half-Life 2 Black Mesa Quick Demo

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // Gaming, IBM PC

Just a quick peek at some Black Mesa madness. I’m sure there will be more, get the game now on Steam! I need a better GPU… Any game with an Office Space reference earns instant respect points! Continue reading

SNASM2 ISA Card on a Pentium-class Motherboard

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // Devkit, Programming, Sega

Turns out the trick is to disable the internal cache through the BIOS, why? I have no idea! Any and all speculation is welcome in the comments. Continue reading

ISA / VLB Video Card VRAM Mayhem and a RetroPC Update

Nix McRetro // 26th June 2013 // IBM PC, YouTube

Good to see I got nowhere with this, another dead video card is all I ever seem to have! :D Continue reading

Doom 1.666 Gravis UltraSound vs Sound Blaster 32 (AWE32 Based)

Nix McRetro // 19th June 2013 // IBM PC, YouTube

Credit goes out to ID Software for making such a great shooter! Also, my video card doesn’t seem to be doing such a good job… but when the music is this good, who needs video! Sound effects were muted so the pure joy of these two cards could be enjoyed.... Continue reading