The Macintosh LC 475. Now with solid state components for the hard drive. Reliable, check. Dependable, check. Awesome, … Continue reading
Category: Hacks
The Wyse 2112-40 286 Revival Project
This machine was originally earmarked to be stripped down and used for parts. Instead, curiosity got the better of me and I ended up repairing … Continue reading
Sega TeraDrive Model 2 XTIDE Windows 3.1 Install
If you have troubles with your own XTIDE card be sure to drop a line to the good folk at Vintage-Computer. … Continue reading
IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086 with ISA XTIDE Card
This was a simple demo to make sure the XTIDE card works as I was having trouble with the Sega TeraDrive … Continue reading
Apple Macintosh LC 475 VRAM Mismatch
Ever wonder what happens when you pair a 256KB VRAM chip with a 512KB VRAM chip? They say it should never be done… and … Continue reading
Sega TeraDrive BIOS Dump
You can grab this dump from the File Server. It was dumped using DEBUG.COM – see the mess link in the references for how this was done.
If anyone can tell me more about this system by analysing the … Continue reading
Sega Saturn Model 1 VA0 Modchip Installation
As you can see from the video above this mod is for the Sega Saturn (Model 1) with VA0 a motherboard. I’ve also … Continue reading
PicoPSU 80W on PIII 800MHz Overview
Here’s an idea of what the PicoPSU chews up when connected to a Pentium III 800MHz machine with 512MB RAM, hard drive, and … Continue reading
Sega Dreamcast – BIOS Dumping Guide
Below is the Dreamcast the BIOS was dumped from and the chip it was beamed down through. I’d used httpd-ack-20080711.zip and XDP.rar to get me … Continue reading
Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Repairs (Part 2)
The above video is not the one I originally intended, however YouTube screwed up the upload. Then I accidentally deleted the video and attempted … Continue reading
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