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Faulty Voltron T-500S Voltage Converter

Nix McRetro // 20th June 2012 // Categories: Repairs, YouTube
Faulty Voltron T-500S Voltage Converter
I’ve picked up a Voltron T-500S step-up and step-down voltage converter, and unfortunately it doesn’t seem particularly interested in working properly. You’d think a device with a simple on/off switch would be fairly difficult to get wrong. Apparently not! The converter has a selector for 120 V and 240 V... Continue reading

286, 386SX and 486SLC Overclocking and Upgrade Ideas

Nix McRetro // 17th June 2012 // Categories: IBM PC, Repairs
286, 386SX and 486SLC Overclocking and Upgrade Ideas
Wow! My mind has been racing at 1000 miles an hour. I can barely keep up with all the ideas for future mods. I have more tabs open than a Firefox enthusiast right now! This is basically the notebook beside my computer turned into a blog post. These are ideas... Continue reading

Nintendo Famicom AV Mod Complete

Nick // 17th June 2012 // Categories: Hacks, Nintendo
Nintendo Famicom AV Mod Complete
The Famicom AV mod is complete. The first video shows how the composite-video modification works and why I wired it the way I did. I’ve been through three versions of the circuit so far, starting with wires joined together, moving onto a piece of prototyping board, and eventually shrinking the... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Puzzle Construction

Nix McRetro // 11th June 2012 // Categories: IBM PC, Repairs, Sega
Sega TeraDrive Puzzle Construction
To kick things off here is a video of my faulty WDI-325Q. Listen to it grind! I’ll need to be sending that back to the place I bought it from, not much use to me in that state! Next up we have the mysterious Puzzle Construction software running on the... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 2 and Model 3 Storage Tests

Nix McRetro // 11th June 2012 // Categories: Repairs, Sega, YouTube
Sega TeraDrive Model 2 and Model 3 Storage Tests
That’s right, it’s video time! I’ve finally got a hard drive installed and working in my Sega TeraDrive Model 3. It’s a Western Digital WDL-330P with a capacity of 30 MB, which matches the original storage specification rather nicely. I picked up several of these old drives, although not all... Continue reading
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