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MiSTer FPGA on the DE10-Nano

Nix McRetro // 4th April 2020 // Categories: Programming

I finally got around to putting together my MiSTer FPGA. Below is a list of all the things I bought to get it into one piece. Sadly, the case I so desire is never in stock, so I’ve just gone with an open design for the time being. Eventually it... Continue reading

Looking at the SNES 1CHIP

Nix McRetro // 28th March 2020 // Categories: Nintendo, YouTube

Today we look back on the Super Nintendo 1CHIP console. Relevant at just about any time in history, really! To be fair, this video was already a few years old when I posted it. This particular PAL SNES came to me broken, which was rather convenient because it meant I... Continue reading

Todd, Slinky and the Destroyer of Worlds!

Nix McRetro // 20th March 2020 // Categories: Fish, Reconstructed, YouTube

We’re back with Todd the Cod and Slinky on this glorious 11th March 2020! Todd was actually a gudgeon, not a cod, but the nickname was much too good to abandon. Slinky had already featured in plenty of recordings on his own, so it’s nice to have Todd sharing the... Continue reading

Crunch Those Numbers - SARS-CoV-2

Nix McRetro // 15th March 2020 // Categories: Study

SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain modelled in complex with human ACE2, from Folding@home’s March 2020 update There are times when I miss university and getting to learn more about how all the things work. The best thing I personally felt I could do from home was donate some compute time and encourage... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Menu Demonstration Capture

Nix McRetro // 6th March 2020 // Categories: IBM PC, Sega, YouTube

Today we bumble around the Sega TeraDrive menus. They were quite exciting to play with. If only they had managed to get a 486-class CPU in the sucker, it would have been the best retrogaming experience ever! Instead we end up with a 286 that almost can! Thanks for trying... Continue reading