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General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio - Part 2: Tuning

Nix McRetro // 16th October 2022 // Categories: Repairs, YouTube

What an incredible find. Around the 11-minute mark I tune into something that actually made me laugh. It’s been a while since I’ve listened to commercial radio, let alone on an analogue radio! Please enjoy the static noises and, as always, stay tuned for more to come! 😉 Related posts... Continue reading

Rebuilding GeoCities on macOS 12

Nix McRetro // 12th October 2022 // Categories: Guides, News, Raspberry Pi

A while back, some of you may remember that I entered RetroChallenge 2021/10. I had some success rebuilding the GeoCities Archive, also known as The Archive Team Geocities Valhalla, and managed to host it on a Raspberry Pi. Of course it wasn’t perfect and I knew that. So since then... Continue reading

The ASSEMbler Games Archive - Work Notes

Nix McRetro // 9th October 2022 // Categories: Guides, Programming, YouTube

For anyone else who has the ASSEMbler Games archive, I thought I’d just leave up some notes on what I did and what issues I had while putting it all together. I’ve since taken down my mirror as I didn’t have time to get it, let alone my GeoCities rebuild,... Continue reading

General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio - Part 1: Overview

Nix McRetro // 7th October 2022 // Categories: Repairs, YouTube

Here’s where we start with the General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Electronic Digital Clock Radio. One neat thing about this radio is that it has a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) for the clock section, which makes it rather interesting before we’ve even got properly stuck into the electronics. VFD has... Continue reading

Caps The Game: Sonic The Hedgehog

Nix McRetro // 1st October 2022 // Categories: IBM PC, News, Sega

A fair amount of these are originals from the mid-90s when I picked them up at the local newsagent. I’ll be rescanning and optimising them onto my Sonic the Hedgehog website in the near future. These caps were the Australian variant. Josh and I collected these as I fondly remember... Continue reading