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Console Collection Overview | August 2016

Nix McRetro // 18th August 2016 // Nintendo, Sega, Sony

A little overview of where my console collection is at as of August 2016. I’m currently on a mission to downsize the collection to one console from each generation, from each major player in the 1990s / early 2000s. So far, I’ve cut a fair amount of consoles out, but... Continue reading

The Birth of Eleventy7.net

Nix McRetro // 17th August 2016 // IBM PC, News

My WordPress setup wasn’t playing nicely with the darknet version due to something, something. What were those somethings? I’ve already forgotten. However, it led me on a new journey to create Eleventy7.net: not the hip Christian rock band or anything to do with The Hobbit, but a website dedicated to... Continue reading

Programming with Visual Studio - Abandoned!

Nix McRetro // 17th August 2016 // Programming, Study

Programming with Visual Studio - Abandoned!

Oh! Looky! I made a Visual Basic program with some sort of windowed interface! What a feat! Pressing the Hide button hides the background, Prairie Wind, and Show makes it appear again. Change your name in the text box and it even greets you. How human-like! However, all is not... Continue reading

PICO Fuses by Littelfuse

Nix McRetro // 15th August 2016 // Repairs

There I was sitting at my workbench replacing a fuse in a Super Famicom when I noticed the original part was marked 1.5 A, 125 V. My first thought was: “125 V? But this is Australia! We have 250 V fuses here!” That was the wrong reason. A fuse’s voltage... Continue reading

Capacitor Order Day

Nix McRetro // 14th August 2016 // Nintendo, Repairs, Sega

Capacitors, there’s nothing more fun than replacing capacitors. As a result I’m on the hunt for the following capacitors from my local friendly Element14 / Farnell. TeraDrive power supply is on the list as are four Super Nintendo / Super Famicoms. SNES values are thanks to Console5. Turns out I... Continue reading