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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

Eight Month Veganniversary

Nix McRetro // 23rd August 2021 // News

I’ve been called a lot of things in my time. Handsome, attractive, portly? But I have never been called a great cook. The above image is one of those fancy non-meat burgers, coupled with fake mayo on a healthy piece of toast. I started to test the waters with the... Continue reading

Cisco SPA112 V05 Capacitor Replacement List

Nix McRetro // 10th August 2021 // Repairs

Cisco SPA112 V05 Capacitor Replacement List

I did replace the capacitors in this one as they were… sus…pect (see photo below). And while there aren’t many photos, the ones I do have are now in the photo gallery in case they are of use to anyone. The serial number on this SPA112 is YM191HWJI129A. Capacitor replacement... Continue reading

NetComm IG6000 Industrial Dial-up Modem

Nix McRetro // 2nd August 2021 // IBM PC, Repairs

I stumbled upon the IG6000 modem by mistake, I was actually looking for a regular old dial-up modem for my test dial-up network. I’ve since learnt that NetComm has been eaten up by Casa Systems. That’s ironic because NetComm gobbled up most local modem manufacturers of the 90s. Avtek, Banskia,... Continue reading

Internal Inspection of the Sega Mega Drive Model 1 (VA0) HAA-2510

Nix McRetro // 24th July 2021 // Sega, YouTube

Today, we’re having a look around the internals of the first Mega Drive (HAA-2510), the model 1 VA0. There’s an interesting little daughter board installed that rises up from what would have been a single 4-pin oscillator. I guess they found some bugs very late in their testing! Continue reading