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Pulled from the Trash: Core 2 Quad

Nix McRetro // 28th March 2013 // IBM PC, Repairs, YouTube

As promised here is the Core 2 Quad in action during initial tests. Needless to say, it all went well! The machine has now been donated to a person who is a complete Linux nerd. Happy compiling Core 2 Quad! Continue reading

Final Cut Pro X vs iMovie 9.0.8 vs Lizard

Nix McRetro // 19th March 2013 // News, YouTube

I’ve decided my videos need background music. I’ve come across freeplaymusic.com which has plenty of royalty free music, that’s right! No more iMovie music. I’ll be moving up to other music! Final Cut just doesn’t cut it as far as I am concerned. While iMovie is buggy and cannot be... Continue reading

Found on the Side of the Road

Nix McRetro // 18th March 2013 // IBM PC

There’s nothing more exciting than finding rubbish on the side of the road that is electronic! This morning as I left for work I noticed a PC out the front of my home, it looked wet… it had been raining overnight. I noticed two DVI ports over two PCI slots.... Continue reading

Toaplan's Zero Wing Demo on the XRGB-mini Framemeister

Nix McRetro // 27th February 2013 // Gaming, Sega, YouTube

All your base are belong to us. That’s right. Zero Wing on the Mega Drive. I am pretty bad at it, as you can see in the above videos. I did make it to stage two, which I have previously been unable to do. Thanks to the XRGB-mini Framemeister… I... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive XTIDE Upgrade for the BIOS Flash Chip

Nix McRetro // 27th February 2013 // Hacks, Sega

Sega TeraDrive XTIDE Upgrade for the BIOS Flash Chip

Well I’ll be moving up from a 28C64 to a roomy 28C256. Currently I have an Amtel AT28C648 installed. I’ll be bumping both cards from the 8KiB up to the larger 32KiB chips. Why the change? I discovered by XTIDE BIOS may have been custom configured at some point and... Continue reading