Retro-Blog
07. Dezember 2017
Reviving a PC Engine LT
Today I revived a the holy grail of PC Engine Hardware a PC Engine LT. Only 5 screws and remove 3 ribbons you will get the main PC Engine Board Because of its age the Caps are broc…
Lesen →21. November 2017
One Power Supply to rule them all
For testing old Computers you will need a lot of different power supplys with AC and DC Voltage. I put them together and we got one to rule them all ;-) Meanwell RT-65B and a 9V AC…
Lesen →14. September 2017
Neo Geo AES 3-4 RGB Bypass
here you find the pics for rgb bypass for a neogeo AES 3-4 PCB with THS 3714 amplifier. No more bad pictures and no more jailbars with perfect picture level thanks to arcade-tv :-)…
Lesen →14. September 2017
NeoGeo X battery failure
I was lucky to get a new NeoGeo X Console but the battery was brocken :-( So i ordered a replacement and changed it ... Look at the blown up original battery (never used, brocken, …
Lesen →20. August 2017
Raspi in a Stick
raspberry modding is everywhere. So we put a raspberry in a NeoGeo Oldstyle Arcade Stick for presentation at GamesCom 2017, so the younger games can get in touch with the neo-geo G…
Lesen →10. August 2017
Atari 600XL RAM Ugrade to 64MB
Its time to bring up this little beauty to the level of a Atari 800XL. An easy mod, because all parts in a Atari 600XL are socket and you only need to change 2 RAM Chips and do som…
Lesen →13. Juli 2017
Atari 800 RGB Mod via Sophia
Atari 800 was my first computer after Sinclair ZX81 and its time to make the picture better. After checking the A/V Out it contains Video and S-Video in a good qualitiy. So i decid…
Lesen →04. April 2017
Jailbarfix Super Grafx
not a big thing replace these 2 caps with 4,7uf/16V in SMD eg. G0805 and the jailbars are gone. you will find them on solderside from the PC Engine Super Grafx.…
Lesen →31. März 2017
240p activation on 3DO Consoles with VP536
3DO Consoles outputing 240i Signal but with adding a switch you can set it to 240p It only works on 3DO consoles with the VDP536 Chip Pin 52 progressive output (high 5V) Pin 52 int…
Lesen →21. März 2017
goDMD Clock Videogames Animation
Last wekk I got a great gadget called goDMD Clock. The main usage of it is to show the time, date, temp and Pinball Animations from the DMD. This new version is build with 2 RGB-Le…
Lesen →16. März 2017
Atari Jaguar "switchless" + Reset Addon + Multibios
▶ Video bei YouTube ansehen (öffnet bei Google) I got a white "dental" case and its time to make the jaguar ready for 2017 ;-) The title is something strange, but its …
Lesen →10. November 2016
How to make a new NES Controller
Today I got the NES Mini including a second Controller. So what we have to do is to open it reversible ;-). With the help of a cutter knife and a heatgun. It opens good and here we…
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