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Cyberpunk 2077 PS4 Final Thoughts

Nix McRetro // 30th May 2022 // Sony

Months have flown by on the calendar and I wanted to glance back on Cyberpunk 2077. Ahhh the memories. I remember reinstalling from disc back to the 1.00 unpatched release with no internet connected. It has been the only game that had me take my PlayStation completely offline to install... Continue reading

Macintosh Classic, RaSCSI and The Internet

Nix McRetro // 26th April 2022 // Apple, Hacks, Repairs

A Macintosh Classic! What a great platform to test GeoCities. No, just no. Stop right there. No way. Let’s dig a little deeper. Perhaps some background would help. First came the Macintosh Plus (Jan 1986 - Oct 1990). The Macintosh Classic (Oct 1990 - Sept 1992) followed on from there.... Continue reading

Avtek MegaPlus V.32bis - Failed Negotiation

Nix McRetro // 24th April 2022 // IBM PC, YouTube

Here’s an attempt at dialling out with the Avtek MegaPlus V.32bis Modem (Model CD950). We’re getting closer to dialling properly. In this one we’re going through the Linksys PAP2T. Its PHONE 1 and PHONE 2 LEDs correspond to the two phone ports and blink when they’re in use. Unfortunately these... Continue reading

COVID-19 Approaches

Nix McRetro // 22nd April 2022 // News

Three of our staff at work are off with coronavirus infections after testing positive on their rapid antigen tests (RATs). One other has been hit prior to these three. Above is a test I did. I tried to photoshop it to have a week off. It turns out I’m not... Continue reading

Avtek MegaPlus V.32bis - Resetting the Linksys PAP2T

Nix McRetro // 18th April 2022 // Guides, YouTube

This one is a bit of an oddball. I had a chicken-and-egg situation: I needed the Linksys PAP2T reset but had no handset. Well, until I realised my modem could stand in for one by sending the dialling tones. We use the recently tested Avtek MegaPlus V.32bis Modem (Model CD950),... Continue reading