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Fujitsu Hard Drive MPB3021AT - Attempted Data Recovery

Cisco SPA8000-G4 VoIP Fan Quietener Mod

General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio - Part 3: Transmitter

Macintosh Classic, RaSCSI and The Internet

Nix's Mega Drive ROM v1.01

Retrobright vs. Banksia Modem

The Mickey Mouse Watch

Dial-up on Windows 95 on the MiSTer FPGA

Replacing AT27C040 with Am29F040B

Super Nintendo 1CHIP with No Sound - Part 3 Bypassing S-MIX Chip

Glitchy Goodness on the Mega Drive

EarthBound Cartridge (SHVC-1J3M-20) SuperCIC Key

Super Famicom and the Green Line of Doom (Part 2)

Circuit Bending on the Mega Drive

Sony PSP CFW 6.61 on PSP-1000 and PSP-3000

Sega Saturn Power Supply Swap Hints and Tips

Denon DCD-F101 Eject Mechanism Repair

GameCube Laser Power Calibration - Xeno GC Install

Sega TeraDrive 240V PSU Upgrade

Sega TeraDrive - Retrofitting a Mean Well PT-65B PSU

Markdown and Apache

S-MIX on the SNES SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-01 / SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-02

Composite Video USB Capture Device

Sega Dreamcast Broadband Adapter (BBA) Dumping

Sega Saturn Power Supply Swapping

Circuit Bending - Sonic the Hedgehog

Third Party Dreamcast Shell

Generating Vanity Onion Addresses with Shallot

Dumping the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 Dev Kit SCSI Hard Drive with GNU ddrescue

Status Update - April 2016

Circuit Bending VRAM on a Sega Mega Drive / Genesis 2

ROM Hacking Super Mario World (USA) with MIX4AAE

Livestream Test... and Failure

Introducing the GQ-4x4 / GQ-4X v4

Circuit Bending a Sega Mega Drive 2

Creating a Sony PlayStation Modchip

EarthBound on the SNES SHVC-8PV5B-01 Developer Cartridge

Sega Mega-CD Region-Free BIOS Programming and Testing

PSIO for Even Closer to Nearing Completion

Sega Mega Drive II Clock

Socketing the Sega Channel Adapter BIOS (Japanese Version)

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Cart Dumping via Parallel (Part 3)

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Cart Dumping via Parallel (Part 2)

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Cart Dumping via Parallel (Part 1)

Cleaning the Sony PS one Eject Button Mechanism

SNES SuperCIC Switchless Modchip - More Testing (Part 3)

SNES SuperCIC Switchless Modchip - The Test (Part 2)

SNES SuperCIC Switchless Modchip - Installation (Part 1)

Sony PS one ONECHIP Modchip Introduction

Sony PlayStation 1 Modchip Installation on SCPH-9002 Update

Sony PlayStation 1 Modchip Installation Success on SCPH-9002

PIC12F629 Blinking LED Test and McCain Pizza Pockets

Super NES Spray Painting Completed

SNES Cartridge Backup Battery Holders

Sega Dreamcast Microphone on Canon EOS 600D

Sony PlayStation 1 Eject Button Maintenance

Reducing the Vertical Bar / Band on the SNES

SuperCIC Installation Notes for SNSP-CPU-02 with F413A

These are my SuperCIC installation notes and photographs for an SNSP-CPU-02 board with the PAL F413A CIC. The original article left the PIC programming instructions and circuit diagram as placeholders, so it is not a complete standalone guide. Use Wolfsoft’s installation guide and the SuperCIC project documentation linked below alongside...

Circuit Bending VRAM on a Sega Mega Drive 2

Sony PlayStation 1 Modchip Installation Failure on SCPH-9002

SNES Spray Painting - When Retrobright isn't an Option (Part 1)

Removing a SNES Cartridge Battery: A Bad Bench Day

27C801 EPROM SNES Donor Cartridge Demo: Super Bomberman 2

Creating SNES Cartridges with TSOP40 Flash Memory and Donor PCBs

GQ-4X Flashing EarthBound onto TSOP40 AM29F032B Flash Memory

Sega Master System Converter Experiment on the TeraDrive

Cooking with McRetro: Creative Custard

Cleaning Game Cartridge Slots with Isopropyl Alcohol and a Card

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit in Standalone Mode

Super Nintendo / SNES Cartridge Battery Holder Installation

Sega TeraDrive WDL-330P Hard Drive Capacitor Replacement

Original Xbox Hitachi-LG GDR-8050L DVD Tray Repair

Xbox 360 RROD Repair Attempt Serial 072261382807

SuperCIC Planning Notes for SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-01 with F413B

Netgear DG834Gv5 ADSL2+ Modem Router Cooling Mod

Glitching on Western Technologies Sega Dev Card

Western Technologies Sega Dev Card Demo Code

Western Technologies Sega Dev Card SEGALOAD.EXE

Western Technologies Sega Dev Card Demo

Apple MacBook Pro GeForce 8600M GT Heat-Gun Reflow Attempt

Here we have a video of me bringing a beautiful 17-inch MacBook Pro back to life with a heat gun. It did revive this particular machine. That is the firsthand result, and it should not be confused with a proper repair procedure.

Netgear DG834Gv5 Modem Router Overheating

Sega Saturn Sophia 171-6692B SH-2 Power Cable Adapter

Any other console, I probably wouldn’t bother mentioning this, but since it is Sophia, she gets a mention. My 171-6692B SH-2 CPU cards are not quite the same as the better-documented 171-6692D boards. Most importantly for this particular problem, they are missing the second power header used by the usual...

XBOX (Original) Softmod Recovery

Original Xbox Softmod to TSOP Flash Project

The Xbox project continues.

Bosch PHG 630 DCE Heat Gun: Destructive Xbox CPU Removal

One, two, three… Lift!

Sony PS one Internal Overview and Old Modchip Install

A quick look inside my old Sony PS one. This particular console has some history attached to it because I modchipped it myself a long, long time ago when I was still in high school.

Sega Saturn Model 2 Modchip Installation: 0014 Configuration

Here’s a Japanese Model 2 Saturn that needed a modchip, so I went ahead and installed one. This particular console and modchip combination uses the 0014 configuration.

DreamShell 4.0.0 RC1 Boot Attempt with SD Adapter

Some progress with DreamShell 4.0.0 RC1, but this setup is still behaving unpredictably.

Converting XRGB-mini Adapter to EuroSCART

Sega Saturn Sophia SH-2 CPU Cards: 171-6692B vs 171-6692D

XRGB-mini on Sega Mega Drive 2 Without an LM1881 Sync Stripper

Sega Genesis Nomad on the XRGB-mini Framemeister

Sega TeraDrive XTIDE EEPROM Upgrade: AT28C64B to AT28C256

Micomsoft XRGB-mini Framemeister Arrival

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 BIOS Dump: MPR-15768-T

This one became a three-part project:

Sega Mega Drive 2 50 Hz / 60 Hz Mod, Mark II

Drilling Region-Switch Holes in a Sega Mega Drive 2

Some sock puppetry is also in this video. See if you can spot it!

Apple Macintosh LC 475: Revenge of the Microdrives

The Microdrives are back. More attempts at getting the 4 GB drives working through the PCD-60B in the Apple LC 475.

Apple Macintosh LC 475: 256 MB PCMCIA Flash Card Test

Hackintosh Rebuild ASRock 775Dual-915GL Overview

Apple Macintosh LC 475: Slowing the Fan with a Resistor

Apple Macintosh LC 475: 4 GB Hitachi Microdrive Testing

Apple Macintosh LC 475: Overclocking to 33 MHz

Apple Macintosh LC 475: Solid-State SCSI Storage with a PCD-60B Card Reader

Wyse 2112-40 286 Revival Project

Apple Macintosh LC 475: Mismatched VRAM Test

Sega TeraDrive BIOS Dump and ISA Memory Expansion

Sega Saturn Model 1 VA0 Modchip Installation

Sega Dreamcast BIOS Dumping Guide

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Repairs Part 2: Power Rail Testing

Sega Mega-CD II with a Region-Modded Mega Drive II

Sega Saturn Rolling Horizontal Lines: PSU Undervoltage Clue

Mega-CD BIOS Loading for the Amstrad Mega PC and Sega TeraDrive

Nintendo Famicom AV Mod Complete

Nintendo Famicom Composite AV Mod

Humble Beginnings: Nintendo Famicom Incoming

Sega Saturn External PSU DC-DC Converter Test

Sega Game Gear LED Backlight Mod

Sega Saturn External PSU - Proof of Concept