Retro Repair Blog and Articles
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Mike Dailly’s US 3DO arrived with its cable cut off. I test it, swap in a Triad transformer wired for 230V, service the CD drive and print the missing flap.
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A Fenrir-equipped PAL Sega Saturn gets a switchless multi-region 50/60Hz mod, a snapped PSU board repair and a soapy bath, then a before and after test on real games.
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A dusty Saturn from Mike Dailly gives a black screen. I track down the fault, then fit a Fenrir ODE, update its firmware and test European, US and Japanese games from SD card.
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An honest beginner’s first go at resin printing on an Elegoo Mars 2 Pro that survived my house fire, from stunning test rooks to failed ColecoVision cartridge shells.
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A C64C with noisy jailbars gets a Lumafix64: built from a PCBWay board (with plenty of mistakes), fitted between the VIC-II socket and chip, then adjusted.