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Sega TeraDrive Spare Drive WDL-330P #1 Recapping

Nix McRetro // 12th December 2019 // IBM PC, Sega, YouTube

The recapping to end all recapping begins. In this video the first of three WDL-330Ps gets the capacitors swapped back to surface mount - the way it should have been in the first place! Previous: Current State of the WDL-330P 30MB Hard Drives Next: Sega TeraDrive Spare Drive WDL-330P #2... Continue reading

Current State of the WDL-330P 30MB Hard Drives

Nix McRetro // 11th December 2019 // IBM PC, Sega, YouTube

A video review of the horrors I had previously done to these innocent WDL-330P hard drives. Don’t worry, we’ll fix them and their counterpart floppy drives in the next set of videos. This series will take us right through until the coming weekend. So please, pull up a seat and... Continue reading

Sega Dreamcast BIOS and GD-ROM Dumping

Nix McRetro // 9th December 2019 // Guides, Sega, YouTube

Creating backups of your Dreamcast BIOS and GD-ROMs has never been so easy, provided you have a Broadband Adapter and httpd-ack. Configure the BBA’s network settings first, then run httpd-ack and open the Dreamcast’s IP address in a web browser on another machine on the same network. From there you... Continue reading

Home Automation 101: All Star

Nix McRetro // 8th December 2019 // Apple, YouTube

This video shouldn’t exist, yet here we are. All Star lyrics beaming over to the Chromecast through Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3. Is it what I wanted it to be? Not really. Will I continue to put up with native HomeKit troublemaking? Absolutely. Why? Because I am just... Continue reading

Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 Development Kit Diagnostics Mode

Nix McRetro // 7th December 2019 // Devkit, Sega, YouTube

This handy little piece of built-in software, Sega Katana Set5 Checker, is great for checking your Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 functionality and ensuring it is firing on all cylinders. For an earlier look at the HKT-0120 software environment, see Sega Dreamcast Dev Kit Software Overview. Continue reading