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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 was a handset. We use the recently tested Avtek MegaPlus V.32bis Modem (Model CD950) with some trial and error... Continue reading

Mass Effect Legendary Edition Live Stream

Nix McRetro // 17th April 2022 // Gaming, Livestream, Sony

This is as far as I got with Mass Effect. I was recently gifted the legendary edition and found the time to fire it up. You might notice I didn’t get much further than naming my character honkers. I was trying to put Honkers the Goose, but it crashed on... Continue reading

Avtek MegaPlus V.32bis - First Connection Attempt

Nix McRetro // 9th April 2022 // IBM PC, YouTube

Another test of the Avtek MegaPlus V.32bis Modem (Model CD950). We are performing a blind dial from the Mac app Serial with no server to dial-in to. In a future video, after we reset the VoIP box (PAP2T or similar), we should be able to dial another modem. We’ll work... Continue reading

Cyberpunk 2077 PS4 1.51 Patch Update... Update

Nix McRetro // 2nd April 2022 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

How did they break the game to the point of Sony needing to release a system patch to fix it? That’s impressive. But you know what I think is even more impressive? A platinum trophy in Cyberpunk 2077 on a PS4 slim. It was a struggle but the completionist in... Continue reading