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Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 and Mega Drive 32X Issues

Nix McRetro // 6th October 2012 // Categories: Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 I picked up two Aiwa CSD-GM1 units for quite a pretty penny. I don’t mind though. Restoration and preservation of all things old is the goal. The machine pictured above is the worse of the two. It had no power at all, so naturally I pulled it... Continue reading

Apple Macintosh LC 475: System Setup Demo

Nix McRetro // 5th October 2012 // Categories: Apple, Repairs

The video above is an overview of getting my LC 475 back into a usable software state after the clean system installation. It’s partly a demonstration and partly documentation for my future self so I can remember which files and tools I used. Hopefully it will be useful to someone... Continue reading

Space Harrier for the Sega Mega Drive 32X Demo

Nix McRetro // 30th September 2012 // Categories: Gaming, Sega, YouTube

Time for a bit of Space Harrier on the Sega Mega Drive 32X! The arcade original appeared back in 1985, and the 32X received a rather impressive conversion in 1994. Sega’s little add-on didn’t have the longest commercial life, but it certainly had some interesting games. Space Harrier sends you... Continue reading

Sega Mega-CD II Fuse Repair and Sol-Feace Test

Nix McRetro // 29th September 2012 // Categories: Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Here’s Sol-Feace running on one of my repaired Mega-CD setups. My skills at the game are a little rusty, although I’d never actually played it before this recording. That certainly explains a few things! I’ve also been working on a Mega-CD II that arrived as part of a rather inexpensive... Continue reading

Apple Macintosh LC 475: RAM Utilisation and 32-Bit Addressing

Nix McRetro // 26th September 2012 // Categories: Apple, Sega

Apple Macintosh LC 475: RAM Utilisation and 32-Bit Addressing

I found out that this LC 475 was still running in 24-bit addressing mode. That explains the rather ridiculous memory display! In that mode, System 7 can only make 8 MB of physical RAM available for normal use. Anything installed above that gets accounted for as though it belongs to... Continue reading