Xeno GC, this bad boy had been sitting around for a long time! The installation isn’t actually that bad. I’ll eventually … Continue reading
Category: Hacks
Sega TeraDrive 240V PSU Upgrade
Previously, way back in August 2016, I posted about having power supply problems on my Sega TeraDrives.
I had considered falling back onto … Continue reading
The Good Old Switcheroo
What’s this we have here? The HP Stream 11 – an ultra portable laptop with a decent keyboard for AU$215. That’s US$164 at the time of writing. With that said, it is outdated and ultimately not really suitable for everything … Continue reading
Sega TeraDrive – Retrofitting a Mean Well PT-65B PSU
Lately I’ve noticed folk have been replacing their TeraDrive power supplies either due to failure or needing 220v power in place of a big transformer sitting on their desk, I’m the latter. In the following photos we have the TeraDrive … Continue reading
Markdown and Apache
Well more specifically, Markdown, Apache and the darknet. Thankfully for once the darknet side of things is actually loading correctly. http://mcretro35qepy5cy.onion/ is loading but Apache doesn’t know what the heck the markdown language is so it just dumps it as … Continue reading
S-MIX on the SNES SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-01 / SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-02
Those long time listeners out there might remember this photo of a hole that was blown in the S-MIX chip on the SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-02 mainboard I had a while back. Well good news, I got a chance to revisit the issue … Continue reading
Composite Video USB Capture Device
Not the capture device we need, but the capture device we deserve. For $25 it doesn’t do a bad job at all and … Continue reading
Sega Dreamcast Broadband Adapter (BBA) Dumping
The Dreamcast Broadband Adapter is one of the most awesome pieces of technology for a Sega Dreamcast system. Not only does it enable you to “download” your GD-ROMs and GD-Rs, it allows you to download your BIOS straight from your … Continue reading
Sega Saturn Power Supply Swapping
Sega Saturns tend to have one of three power supplies. The very long (above), aka “Type B”…
And the slightly shorter known as “Type C”.
You can mix and match between like types, 110V to 220V and visa versa but … Continue reading
Circuit Bending – Sonic the Hedgehog
I finally got around to doing some soldering on a somewhat faulty Mega Drive 2 I had lying about. Now I took the … Continue reading
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