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Sega Mega Drive 32X with Jittery Distorted Video

Nix McRetro // 20th January 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

This is part two of the ongoing saga that is the Sega Mega Drive 32X on PAL hardware. So you don’t have to click around too much, part 1 is below. Edit: The solution to this problem is over on Assembler Games. Alternatively you can just not use a VA4... Continue reading

Removing an EPROM from a Proto / Test Sega Cart

Nix McRetro // 20th January 2013 // Guides, Sega, YouTube

So I was thinking, why not? What a fun video it turned out to be! Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive II 50Hz / 60Hz Mod Mark II

Nix McRetro // 20th January 2013 // Hacks, Repairs, Sega

This is the Mega Drive II that I was talking about in my previous video. I knew I had it somewhere and it worked properly. Alright, close to properly… You can catch the The Damo Monster on YouTube above. Sources for pinout: http://www.damomonster.com/Mod_Pages/SegaMegaDriveM2.html Continue reading

Drilling Holes for Switches in a Mega Drive II

Nix McRetro // 18th January 2013 // Hacks, Sega, YouTube

Some sock puppetry is also in this video, see if you can spot it! We drill holes in the casing for the switches for the region mod. Continue reading

VL400C-I 486 Motherboard Failure

Nix McRetro // 18th January 2013 // IBM PC, Repairs, YouTube

Here I try to get an old 486 motherboard going, so much hope… two others were already scrapped and my hopes pinned against this board to liberate my collection of ISA cards - no such success was found though. Continue reading