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3.6V Lithium Battery Corrosion Damage

Nix McRetro // 14th January 2013 // Categories: Apple, IBM PC, Repairs

Here’s a peek at what damage those little power cells can wreak on poor unsuspecting motherboards. It just happened to be an LC 475 as well, didn’t it? Not mine thankfully! :P This Macintosh has suffered some nasty damage from an old lithium battery. The corrosion has travelled quite a... Continue reading

Wyse 2112-40 286 Final Overview

Nix McRetro // 12th January 2013 // Categories: IBM PC, Repairs, YouTube

One last look at the Wyse 2112-40 before I pass it on to, hopefully, greener pastures. Farewell, dear Wyse PC. You have certainly been a learning experience. The machine is now in a much healthier state than when I first planned to strip it for parts. Both floppy drives are... Continue reading

Stone Age Gamer Deluxe Mega EverDrive Serial 123

Nix McRetro // 11th January 2013 // Categories: YouTube

A quick look at my Stone Age Gamer Deluxe Mega EverDrive, serial number 123. I’ve just received it from the United States, and they’ve done a lovely job with the packaging. The cartridge has a beautiful black shell, with the Deluxe branding and serial number displayed on the front. Serial... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Sophia and VA0 Parts Compatibility Test

Nix McRetro // 9th January 2013 // Categories: Repairs, Sega, YouTube

A member of the ASSEMbler Games forums asked whether I could try some of the Sophia hardware in an ordinary retail VA0 Saturn. Naturally I had to find out. The Sophia is still missing its SH-2 processor cards, which makes testing the complete machine rather difficult, so this seemed like... Continue reading

Hackintosh Rebuild ASRock 775Dual-915GL Overview

Nix McRetro // 9th January 2013 // Categories: Apple, Hacks, IBM PC

We take a trip down memory lane to my first Hackintosh motherboard, the ASRock 775Dual-915GL. Powered by a wonderfully cheap single-core Celeron, it felt remarkably fast for what it cost and compared very favourably with some of the PowerPC Macs I was using around that period. Quite an impressive little... Continue reading