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Sega Genesis Nomad DC-in Jack Repair

Nix McRetro // 20th May 2012 // Repairs, Sega

The Sega Genesis Nomad. What an amazing beast. It didn’t work up until today, and the seller had kindly offered me a full refund if I returned it. Not while I have an empty weekend to do some repairing! I already knew there was a problem with the DC-in jack... Continue reading

Sega Mega-CD Karaoke Microphone Repaired

Nix McRetro // 15th May 2012 // Repairs, Sega

Good news! As you can see, and hear, in the video above, the Sega microphone has been repaired using a $10 part from eBay. A marvellous success! The replacement that worked was a 600-ohm BG-58 dynamic microphone cartridge. I hope anyone else who needs one of these finds this information... Continue reading

Japanese Sega Saturn, VA0 Dreamcast and TeraDrive Power Checks

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

Japanese Sega Saturn, VA0 Dreamcast and TeraDrive Power Checks

Japanese Sega Saturn Today I received my white Japanese Model 2 Sega Saturn from Japan. Look at it. Isn’t it just the cleanest-looking Saturn design you have seen? Well, compared with PAL Saturns at least. I’ve added it to the photo gallery too. It powers on without issue through the... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive 286 Diagnostics

Nix McRetro // 13th May 2012 // IBM PC, Sega

Figured I should hit the Sega TeraDrive up with some diagnostics and found out some things I didn’t know. 1. The embedded SEGA startup environment appears to be based on PC DOS 3.x, and the version running here reports PC DOS 3.30. This is separate from the IBM DOS J4.0/V... Continue reading

Sega Mega-CD Karaoke Microphone - Faulty

Nix McRetro // 13th May 2012 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Well, it appears that the microphone cartridge is faulty. I’ve ordered a 600-ohm BG-58 dynamic microphone cartridge as a possible replacement. At this point it is still an experiment, so I won’t know whether it is electrically and mechanically suitable until it arrives. Hopefully we can restore this thing to... Continue reading