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Mayumi 4: PIC12C508A, SCPH-5502 (PU-18)

Nix McRetro // 5th March 2016 // Categories: Guides, Sony

There are eight solder points in total. This is the Mayumi 4 installation I used with a PIC12C508A on an SCPH-5502 PlayStation with a PU-18 motherboard. Mayumi V4 supports PU-18 and later boards. On PU-18 / PU-20 it uses timing-based stealth behaviour rather than the XLAT method available on PU-22... Continue reading

ZeroNet, BitTorrent and Another Darknet

Nix McRetro // 4th March 2016 // Categories: News, Raspberry Pi

Just a few days ago I managed to get WordPress playing nicely with the Tor onion mirror of this website, then hosted at mcretro35qepy5cy.onion. Magnificent! That got me wondering what other decentralised networks I could experiment with. First up: Namecoin and .bit names. I had spent over a day downloading... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 Power Supply Failure

Nix McRetro // 2nd March 2016 // Categories: IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 Power Supply Failure

Oh dear! My Sega TeraDrive Model 3 power supply, an SPS-356JU, has given up. It may have been dead for a while without me noticing because the machine had mostly been sitting on a shelf looking tidy. The Model 2 still worked, so I swapped modules and stripped the machines... Continue reading

Cloning CompactFlash Cards with HDD Raw Copy Tool

Nix McRetro // 2nd March 2016 // Categories: IBM PC, Microsoft

Cloning CompactFlash Cards with HDD Raw Copy Tool

While dealing with XTIDE and CompactFlash cards, I was using HDD Raw Copy Tool version 1.10 under Windows XP. I could also have done this with dd under Linux or Mac OS, but this time I decided to use Windows XP inside a virtual machine. Watch the animated GIF above... Continue reading

What's Next? You Decide! (Vote 1 - 2016)

Nix McRetro // 29th February 2016 // Categories: News, YouTube

I’ve found that YouTube Cards now offer a poll/voting system. You finally get a say in which project gets done next! With my excellent camera and newly found skills, we will make this the best anything ever. Does that even make any sense? Probably not. You decide! :P Continue reading