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Canon 760D and PSIO Update

Nix McRetro // 28th February 2016 // News, Sony, YouTube

Well it looks like PSIO will be “Re-Available for Pre-Ordering March 1st 2016.” That’s only a couple of days away… and for once… it’s in Australian time zones! Woohoo! Not quite sure what the re-available bit is all about, that might have something to do with the 1st February pre-order... Continue reading

Circuit Bending a Sega Mega Drive 2

Nix McRetro // 20th February 2016 // Guides, Hacks, Sega

Here’s a great little infographic on how to circuit bend your Mega Drive (Model 2) or Genesis (Model 2) courtesy of Gijs from gieskes.nl. You sure can get some exciting graphics, maybe I should do another video - if only it also broke the audio… actually to be honest I... Continue reading

Creating a Sony PlayStation 1 Modchip

Nix McRetro // 14th February 2016 // Hacks, Sony, YouTube

A quick look at the process involved to flash a 12C508 / 12C508A / 12F629 modchip with Mayumi 4 modchip code or even MultiMode 3. The main difference being that Mayumi 4 uses the PlayStation clock/oscillator and MultiMode 3 uses the PIC chip internal clock/oscillator. The PIC chip clock can... Continue reading

CloudFlare CDN

Nix McRetro // 10th February 2016 // News

CDN - Content Delivery Network. They are a marvellous thing! Not only will it hopefully stop bot attacks on my new WordPress installation, botnets are why I switched to FlatPress back in the day, but it should speed up the website as the data is cached globally (for free!) by... Continue reading

Sony PlayStation | Mayumi 4 | SCPH-7502 | PU-22

Nix McRetro // 9th February 2016 // Guides, Sony

Sony PlayStation | Mayumi 4 | SCPH-7502 | PU-22

[caption id=”attachment_973” align=”alignnone” width=”598”] There are eight points to solder in total.[/caption] [caption id=”attachment_971” align=”alignnone” width=”560”] Above is the pinout, from pin 1 through to pin 8.[/caption] The Mayumi 4 modchip supports three different modes on the SCPH-750x model / PU-22 board. To change modes, press and hold reset for... Continue reading