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Sega Saturn External PSU - Proof of Concept

Nix McRetro // 7th April 2012 // Hacks, Repairs, Sega

Success! It sure does taste sweet. Finally a proof of concept to show that Saturns can be powered by external power supply bricks. This is very good news as it paves the way for me to spend some cash and invest in some DC-DC converters. I’d need to start with... Continue reading

New Purchases Inbound

Nix McRetro // 1st April 2012 // Sega

I’ve got four Sega Saturns from two owners coming - three functional, one broken. Broken in what way? Even the seller did not know, should be very interesting. Three of the ones coming are model 1 and one is a model 2. I already have two functional model 2 Saturns,... Continue reading

Sega Game Gear Before Repair - No Video, Quiet Audio

Nix McRetro // 30th March 2012 // Repairs, Sega

Here’s the little Game Gear prior to repair. As you can see from the above it has very quiet sound and no video, overall not bad condition on the inside of the unit. I hope to replace the capacitors inside the unit soon and retest - hopefully with more video.... Continue reading

Amstrad Sega Mega Plus PC 486SLC

Nix McRetro // 29th March 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

The Amstrad Mega PC Plus CPU speed (Actually 33MHz) Great news, the co-processor for the 486SLC CPU has arrived and is recognised perfectly. It is an ULSI Advanced Math Coprocessor SX/SLC rated at 33MHz. Code US83S87. Also detected as an ULSI ULSI 84x87 I’ve been able to run MEMTEST 4.10... Continue reading

Amstrad Sega Mega Plus PC Upgrade

Nix McRetro // 25th March 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

The new motherboard went in and POST passed OK, hard drives were recognised perfectly. Sadly this indicates that the 386 board that was originally in the machine has an issue with the hard drive controller on the motherboard. It will still be a good backup board though. I will see... Continue reading