Builds & Mods
DIY retro builds and modifications: flash carts and multicarts, diagnostic cartridges, controller adapters, video and region mods, kits and PCBs built from scratch.
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Making my own Personal Streaming Retro Gaming Server When UGREEN NAS sent over the NASync DXP4800 GT along with four Seagate IronWolf drives, I originally thought this would be a fairly straightforward NAS review. A bit of file storage. Maybe some media streaming. The usual sort of thing. Then I realised this powerful box has:…
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Four 16K ROMs on one 27C512, picked with a DIP switch: building the ZX External ROM board and testing ZX Diagnostics, DiagROM and more on a 48K Spectrum.
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The SAM Coupé’s RF output is a shimmering mess. I fit a SAM HDMI unit, track down a no-signal fault and compare RF and HDMI side by side.
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Use PCB soldering to adapt a Mega Drive pad to MSX
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From e-waste to a 55 inch light-gun arcade