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Cloudflare CDN

Nix McRetro // 10th February 2016 // News

CDN means Content Delivery Network. They are marvellous things! Putting Cloudflare in front of this little Raspberry Pi web server sounded extremely useful. For web records configured through Cloudflare’s proxy, visitors connect to Cloudflare first rather than directly to the origin server. Cloudflare can then cache suitable content, filter traffic... Continue reading

Mayumi 4 | PIC12C508A | SCPH-7502 | PU-22

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

Mayumi 4 | PIC12C508A | SCPH-7502 | PU-22

This is the Mayumi 4 installation I used with a PIC12C508A on an SCPH-7502 PlayStation with a PU-22 motherboard. There are eight solder points in total. The mode sequence is: Strongest Mode -> Old Modchip Mode -> Disable Mode Hold reset for around two seconds to change modes. Configuration recorded... Continue reading

Moved (Back) to WordPress

Nix McRetro // 8th February 2016 // News, Raspberry Pi

If you can see this post, it means I managed to get the website working sufficiently well under WordPress on a Raspberry Pi 2. I’d used FlatPress for a while, but I was missing some of the great WordPress features… errr, well I mean: drop-down category and archive menus in... Continue reading

Setting Up SGDK Environment Variables

Nix McRetro // 7th February 2016 // Devkit, Sega

Just leaving this here as a reminder for myself… Setting up SGDK Environment Variables Continue reading

Mayumi 4 | PIC12F629 | SCPH-7502 | PU-22

Nix McRetro // 5th February 2016 // Guides, Sony

Mayumi 4 | PIC12F629 | SCPH-7502 | PU-22

This is the Mayumi 4 installation I used with a PIC12F629 on an SCPH-7502 PlayStation with a PU-22 motherboard. There are eight solder points in this installation. The mode sequence I recorded for this PIC12F629 build on the SCPH-750x / PU-22 setup was: Strongest Mode -> Old Modchip Mode ->... Continue reading