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Unichip 486 WB 4407 Rev 1.1 Motherboard Overview

Nix McRetro // 4th December 2012 // Apple, 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

The Amstrad PPC640 Portable 8086 Overview

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

Here’s an Amstrad PPC-640 I picked up a little while ago. A close relative of the Amstrad PPC512. It was an accidental purchase as I was explaining to a work colleague how eBay bidding works. And I won it… I’ll probably be passing this one along as 8086 machines are... Continue reading

The Wyse 2112-40 286 Revival Project

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

This machine was originally earmarked to be stripped down and used for parts. Instead, curiosity got the better of me and I ended up repairing it so it was in a workable condition. Powered by a 40MB hard drive and a 3.5” 720KB floppy drive it was a challenge that... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 2 with XTIDE Card Demo

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

This is a quick video wrapping up on all the other TeraDrive XTIDE videos so you don’t have to sit through eight hours of videos. Mission accomplished! Above we have the XTIDE BIOS working in XT mode with nice menus under 2.0.0 Beta 1. The XTIDE card itself, this same... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 with XTIDE Installed

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

I cloned the BIOS across between my two XTIDE cards, so it shouldn’t really be a surprise that it worked. However, I was not sure how it would behave with the hard drive installed in this model… and it behaved perfectly! Like a gentleman and a scholar. Now both Sega... Continue reading