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Christmas Special 2012: SPAM Attack

Nix McRetro // 26th December 2012 // News, YouTube

Something a little different for a Christmas video. Still a thousand miles away from my retro gaming and retro computing gear, forced onto a diet of SPAM and Coca-Cola. Hope everyone had a great Christmas break and is ready for the new year that is up ahead in 2013. We’ve... Continue reading

Unichip 486 WB 4407 Rev 1.1 Motherboard Overview

Nix McRetro // 4th December 2012 // IBM PC, YouTube

Apart from that motherboard above, not too much has been happening in the last week or two. I’ve been working hard at work to keep on top of things and in my spare time have ordered some new gadgets to play with but haven’t had the time to use them.... Continue reading

Amstrad PPC640D Portable 8086 Overview

Nix McRetro // 27th November 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, YouTube

Here’s an Amstrad PPC640D I picked up a little while ago. It is the 640 KB, dual-floppy member of Amstrad’s PPC portable family and a close relative of the PPC512. This was actually an accidental purchase. I was explaining to a work colleague how eBay bidding worked. And I won... Continue reading

Wyse 2112-40 286 Revival Project

Nix McRetro // 21st November 2012 // Hacks, IBM PC, Repairs

This machine was originally earmarked to be stripped for parts. Then curiosity got the better of me. Instead, I spent the last couple of days getting the thing back into a workable state. The Wyse 2112 is built around a 12.5 MHz 80286. This particular machine has a 40 MB... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 2 with XTIDE Card Demo

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

This is the quick wrap-up of all the other TeraDrive XTIDE videos, so you don’t have to sit through eight hours of me discovering the same thing the slow way. Mission accomplished! Above is XTIDE Universal BIOS 2.0.0 Beta 1 running the XT build and giving me the boot menu... Continue reading