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Sega Dreamcast Dev Kit Software Overview

Nix McRetro // 19th January 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Repairs, Sega

Time to have another play with the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 development kit, and this time we’re looking at some of the software used to control it. I’ve also got the HKT-0400 GD writer connected, so there’s plenty of expensive-looking Sega hardware making noises around the room. What more could you... Continue reading

Nokia 301 Unboxing and My Last Attempt to Leave Apple

Nix McRetro // 12th December 2018 // Categories: Apple, nokia

Remember when I decided I’d had enough of smartphones? I wrote about that little experiment in Death to Smartphones!, when the Nokia 301 seemed like a rather appealing alternative to constantly charging an iPhone. Nokia advertised up to 39 days of standby time, which sounded absolutely wonderful. More than a... Continue reading

Cybdyn Systems PSIO Unboxing Video (August 2016)

Nix McRetro // 24th November 2018 // Categories: Sony, YouTube

Today we take a peek at the PSIO and the way it is packaged, what is on the packaging and the packaging itself. Yes, you got me. It’s a damn unboxing video. But to be fair, it is a PSIO unboxing making it infinitely cooler than just a regular unboxing... Continue reading

Building a Development PC

Nix McRetro // 4th November 2018 // Categories: Devkit, Sega, Study

Quick, down memory lane! This was a fun video to put together, slowly piecing together an AMD Athlon K7 development PC using a brand-new, old-stock motherboard. I wanted something suitable for experimenting with my Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 development kit, along with a few other bits of older hardware that modern... Continue reading

Nintendo Game Boy Vertical Line Repair

Nix McRetro // 19th October 2018 // Categories: Nintendo, Repairs, YouTube

Finally, a repair where nothing caught fire! I’ve got a couple of original Game Boys on the workbench, and one of them has a rather unpleasant collection of missing vertical lines on the LCD. It’s difficult to enjoy Tetris when a sizeable chunk of the screen has decided it would... Continue reading