One of my Game Gears had bad capacitors – so I replaced them. I then found it also had a backlight bulb. … Continue reading
Category: Sega
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
New Purchases Inbound
I’ve got four Sega Saturns from two owners coming – three functional, one broken. Broken in what way? Even the seller did not know, should be very interesting. Three of the ones coming are model 1 and one is a … Continue reading
Sega Game Gear Before Repair – No Video, Quiet Audio
Here’s the little Game Gear prior to repair. As you can see from the above it has very quiet sound and no … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega Plus PC 486SLC
Great news, the co-processor for the 486SLC CPU has arrived and is recognised perfectly. It is an ULSI Advanced Math Coprocessor SX/SLC rated at 33MHz. Code US83S87. Also detected as an ULSI ULSI 84×87
I’ve been able to run MEMTEST … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega Plus PC Upgrade
The new motherboard went in and POST passed OK, hard drives were recognised perfectly. Sadly this indicates that the 386 board that was originally in the machine has an issue with the hard drive controller on the motherboard. It will … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega PC Controller
Picked this up on eBay from the UK and have given it a bit of a clean out. It has become my favourite Mega Drive controller now. The insides are equal to another Mega Drive controller I cleaned out yesterday … Continue reading
Sega Saturn Model 1 Power Supply Issues
Here’s how to replicate the fault:
– Run the Saturn for an hour or more so it becomes nice and toasty. … Continue reading
Amstrad Sega Mega PC Disassembled
An Amstrad Mega PC overview. A Sega Mega Drive ISA card is installed. Arrived in not-so-good condition with corrosion from the NiCad battery.… Continue reading
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