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Arcade Power Sticks for the Sega Mega Drive

Nix McRetro // 16th July 2012 // Repairs, Sega

Arcade Power Sticks for the Sega Mega Drive

A rather slow weekend. It was spent mainly looking through what I have and trying to determine what I will part with. I cleaned out a Sega Mega Drive Arcade Power Stick to sell. Cleaned up pretty well! I then cleaned out a Mega Drive Arcade Power Stick II. Personally... Continue reading

Learning to Desolder Microchips

Nix McRetro // 14th July 2012 // Repairs

Desoldering success! What about resoldering? Stay tuned, I might do some of that shortly if I find the energy to wake up before the afternoon. Continue reading

Faulty Sega Saturn from Japan (CD Deck Issues)

Nix McRetro // 14th July 2012 // Repairs, Sega

You might remember the above video from a while back if you are a regular. The disc spins backward and the laser motor goes berserk as well. Enter chip marked BA6798S located on the left of the CD deck board. Rumour has it that this chip controls the motors. Since... Continue reading

Nixie Clock Slot Machine Demo by Chronix

Nix McRetro // 13th July 2012 // News

Here’s my prized Nixie clock from Chronix I got a few months back. Just thought I’d throw a video online showing it cycling through the cathode poisoning prevention routine (slot machine style!). Also, I should have some more photos and documentation up this weekend. Update 2013-04-23: Replaced NiCad battery with... Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive Frenzy

Nix McRetro // 3rd July 2012 // Repairs, Sega

I do not think I could take apart another Mega Drive… at least not for a few days. I’ve gone ahead and taken some great quality pictures of the innards of five of my functioning Mega Drive Model 1s and two of my non-functioning Mega Drive Model 2s. I found... Continue reading