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Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Repairs Part 1

Nix McRetro // 14th October 2012 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Progress was her middle name. Success was her first. Not too sure what her last name was at this point - still unwritten perhaps. As you can see from the video repairs are going well, solve one issue, discover another three. So far we have successfully managed to get the... Continue reading

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Initial Damage Report

Nix McRetro // 13th October 2012 // Repairs, Sega

Here’s the Aiwa Mega CD I’ll be attempting to repair in the coming weeks or months or just when I find the time. Figured I’d put up a video of the insides of the tape player / radio / CD player part of the unit first since it is heavily... Continue reading

Osborne Australia 486 DX-2 66MHz Overview

Nix McRetro // 13th October 2012 // IBM PC, YouTube

This is what it was all about. With the Creative CD-ROM functional, we now have a functional 486 in the household. The Amstrad Mega PC isn’t counted since it is more a 386SX on steroids, or a crippled 486… Take your pick! So very… boxy. Now that’s how you make... Continue reading

Creative Labs CD-200 2x CD-ROM Success

Nix McRetro // 12th October 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, YouTube

Mission accomplished. If anyone from the future comes here in search of how to get their Creative CD-200 functioning they will need to use CCD.SYS or CRCCD.SYS as the driver. Below are my specific CONFIG.SYS settings and AUTOEXEC.BAT settings and a video of it moments after I discovered it actually... Continue reading

Creative Labs CD-200 2x CD-ROM

Nix McRetro // 8th October 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs

So little information exists on this particular drive I had to make a video of the current status. I feel as though I am getting close and have a desktop full of drivers. Once I get this beast in working mode we’ll have a BBQ party, it will be a... Continue reading