First up, some testing with Windows 2.1 – worked well from one floppy.
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Sega TeraDrive, Nomad and Mega Drive 2
All those and more, we also have a new editor who will be focusing their work on Famicom – Please welcome Nick … Continue reading
Sega Mega-CD Karaoke Accessory and Yukawa Dreamcast
Just a quick update – I received the Sega Mega CD Karaoke add-on today. Gave it a test and found there is a buzzing noise from the unit when it is powered up.
More annoyingly the microphone does not work. … Continue reading
Game Gear Capacitor, Backlight Repair and LED Mod
Above is the replacing of the capacitors on a Game Gear (European Model). The guide I used could once be found here.… Continue reading
Sega Saturn External PSU DC-DC Converter Test
Finally received the DC-DC step-down converters for the Saturn. Gave them a quick test to make sure they were working alright and they … Continue reading
Amstrad (Sega) Mega PC, Athlon 500MHz Rebuild and PicoPSU
After loading Windows 95 to the Amstrad Mega PC, it is quite clear that it will not be a good choice to leave it running like a broken down horse-drawn buggy. So poking around the internet Windows 3.11 is the … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega PC Running Windows 95 OSR 2.5
Now I see why minimum requirements are called minimum requirements. This thing runs like a beast on Windows 95. I … Continue reading
Sega Game Gear LED Backlight Mod
One of my Game Gears had bad capacitors – so I replaced them. I then found it also had a backlight bulb. … Continue reading
New Purchases – 9th April 2012
Dialled things back a little while waiting for all these other things to arrive from last weeks purchases. Yet there are still some awesome things on the way.
First off we have the Sega Genesis Nomad (above). Essentially a handheld … Continue reading
Sega Saturn External PSU – Proof of Concept
Success! It sure does taste sweet. Finally a proof of concept to show that Saturns can be powered by external power supply bricks. … Continue reading
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