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Hibernation Mode - Activated

Nix McRetro // 12th August 2012 // News, Repairs, Sega

It’s pretty cold here at the moment and I am in the process of moving house, so things have slowed down a significantly. I am currently looking into purchasing an old PC from my youth. When I was a child I had a computer that was quite fast at the... Continue reading

Sony CXA1145P DIP-24 RGB Encoder

Nix McRetro // 4th August 2012 // Repairs, Sega

I was going to just sell this one for scrap. I did some more tests and found that the video flicker I had found when testing happens on a cold boot only. After running for thirty minutes or so… no more flickering. So I’ve ordered a Sony CXA1145P or two... Continue reading

Geist Force on Sega Dreamcast

Nix McRetro // 2nd August 2012 // Sega, YouTube

Also looks like I’ve been lucky enough to pick up a copy of the very limited run of Geist Force from over on the ASSEMbler forums. ASSEMbler himself sure does put in a lot of work as do all the staff there. Kudos to everyone over there! Here’s a video... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Sophia Dev Kit - Internal View

Nix McRetro // 1st August 2012 // Devkit, Repairs, Sega

She’s a bit dirty, I’ll give her the best clean ever and make her shine like new! Sadly non-functional due to a complete lack of any CPUs. If anyone has any socketed SH-2 chips I’d be more than happy to take them off your hands to see if she fires... Continue reading

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 486 CPU Upgrade Failure

Nix McRetro // 26th July 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

First up we have some test desoldering of a RAM chip off a RAM chip board to see if this would even work using a heat gun. Next we have part one desoldering the quad flat package (QFP) 386SX on the Amstrad Mega PC. And lastly part two where everything... Continue reading