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Sega SNASM2 and CD Emulation Cards with Gravis UltraSound

Nix McRetro // 18th June 2013 // Devkit, Programming, Sega

This video was more or less put together for my own reference while trying to get the Sega Mega-CD development cards working on a Pentium III 800 MHz system. Electrically, the setup appeared compatible as far as I could tell. Physically, I simply did not have a PC case large... Continue reading

Apple MacBook Pro GeForce 8600M GT Heat-Gun Reflow Attempt

Nix McRetro // 6th June 2013 // Apple, Hacks, Repairs

Here we have a video of me bringing a beautiful 17-inch MacBook Pro back to life with a heat gun. It did revive this particular machine. That is the firsthand result, and it should not be confused with a proper repair procedure. These MacBook Pro models were among the machines... Continue reading

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Repair Status: June 2013

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

Two units, no properly working transformers, cracked circuit boards, a sea of likely bad capacitors and one relatively determined repairer. Much more to come on this one. By this point I had already managed to extract and preserve the MPR-15768-T BIOS from one of the Game Units, but neither complete... Continue reading

XRGB-mini Framemeister EuroSCART Adapter Wiring Comparison

Nix McRetro // 6th June 2013 // YouTube

Just some film from the cutting-room floor. I thought it never hurts to see what is inside a SCART-style connector and how the wiring is actually arranged. This is particularly relevant to the Framemeister because its supplied 21-pin RGB adapter uses the Japanese RGB21 arrangement rather than EuroSCART. The connectors... Continue reading

Apple Macintosh LC 475 Game Demo - Hangman Plus

Nix McRetro // 2nd June 2013 // Apple, Gaming, YouTube

Great game to play, watch me fail miserably at guessing letters! Running off a 2GB CompactFlash card with 1.9GB of free hard drive space for even more 68k games! Continue reading