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Folding, Folding, Folding!

Nix McRetro // 2nd October 2021 // News

Today we say farewell to the ShaneMcRetro on Team Curecoin Folding@home account. We did well with 1,422 workunits folded counting up a massive 15,692,754 points! Farewell tears aside, we join Team dogefolders as a Dogecoin wallet address! Why the change? Less wallets, that’s why! Plus DogecoinFah is donation-based relying on... Continue reading

Tentaku Mechanical Calculator

Nix McRetro // 25th September 2021 // Guides

This is A&N Laboratory’s Tentaku Mechanical Calculator DIY Kit which I recently picked up from Switchkeys in Australia. Powered by two beefy seven-segment LED displays and a tiny bit of circuitry it makes calculating fun. My build is equipped with Glorious Pandas (non-lubed). I am planning on getting a Glorious... Continue reading

Internal Inspection of the Sega Mega-CD (VA0) HAA-2910

Nix McRetro // 19th September 2021 // Sega, YouTube

A quick stroll around the internals of the Sega Mega-CD HAA-2910. This one is a VA0 revision making it a launch day console! If not launch day very close to launch day. Definitely in time for Christmas - probably. In other news geocities.mcretro.net has had a little bit of work... Continue reading

Blood Plasma Donation #12

Nix McRetro // 11th September 2021 // News

With all my vaccinations up to date and my iron bolstered, it’s back to my relatively regular, varied (and somewhat) scheduled programming. I stopped by the local blood donation centre (see above) and had a rather interesting visit today. Interesting enough to write a blog post on. First up a... Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive Jailbars: A Filler Video

Nix McRetro // 5th September 2021 // YouTube

It’s impressive that with only 17 seconds of footage I was able to create this, I want to say masterpiece, but that might be blowing my own horn! While this may have been a filler video, we are still working on things in the backend. We’re on our way. The... Continue reading