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PicoPSU 80W on PIII 800MHz Overview

Nix McRetro // 5th November 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

Here’s an idea of what the PicoPSU chews up when connected to a Pentium III 800MHz machine with 512MB RAM, hard drive, and floppy drive attached. It performs surprisingly well. I should really retest this with the unit under load and see how high the wattage use can become. The... Continue reading

Decoding the Japanese Aiwa Sega Mega-CD Startup Screen

Nix McRetro // 5th November 2012 // Repairs, Sega

Decoding the Japanese Aiwa Sega Mega-CD Startup Screen

…Please Press the Start Button… …Checking the Disc… …Please Wait a Little Bit… Thanks to T_chan from ASSEMbler Games for the fast translation. Now I have some idea of what the poor Aiwa is yelling at me when I press all the wrong buttons. These are here for my reference... Continue reading

Amstrad Sega Mega PC Boot Failure (DOM HD Issues)

Nix McRetro // 3rd November 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, YouTube

Sometimes it is good that things break. CityEscaper of YouTube asked if I could crack out my Mega PC and test it on some screens I have lying around my house. I found that it works OK on my Samsung LCD TV, but is a no-go on my (newer) Toshiba... Continue reading

Sega Dreamcast - BIOS Dumping Guide

Nix McRetro // 3rd November 2012 // Hacks, Sega, YouTube

Below is the Dreamcast the BIOS was dumped from and the chip it was beamed down through. I’d used httpd-ack-20080711.zip and XDP.rar to get me my BIOS - MPR-21871.zip. Turns out it is version 1.01c and has a misspelling of disco or something. Overly it wasn’t too exciting, but great... Continue reading

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit Overview

Nix McRetro // 3rd November 2012 // Sega, YouTube

A quick look inside the Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit showing off all of the many capacitors and some damage near the rear of the unit. Not every day you get to see inside one of these. I’ve compared the two units I own and one is around 10-20 weeks... Continue reading