Pimped Amiga 600
Amiga computers are by far my preferred retrocomputing machines. Several years ago, I owned multiple ones: A500, A2000 + SCSI, A1200 (+68060, tower, Zorro 2 bus, C64/3D) and ultimately a …
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Hands-on retrogaming, retrocomputing, console restoration, repair, and hardware modification projects.
Wonderswan color : discreet LiPo mod
The Wonderswan color has an horrible screen, but good IPS replacements exist and are easy to mount. However, the Wonderdswan power source is very limited with only one AA battery. An IPS …
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Wonderswan color : IPS display and new shell
The Wonderswan color is an upgrade of the Wonderswan which had a black & white display… Well an upgrade regarding the colors of the display, but not its quality. The original …
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Nintendo 64 CPU overclock
I recently modded my N64, first by converting it to NTSC, then by adding a Tim Worthington’s RGB kit. The motherboard was still out of its shell and the temptation was high to apply a …
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Nintendo 64 : modded to output RGB
In a previous post, I shared how I converted my PAL Nintendo 64 to NTSC. The problem is that my CRT TV does not support NTSC composite signal, so an RGB mod was mandatory. I used Tim …
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Converting a PAL Nintendo 64 motherboard to NTSC
Like many consoles of its generation, the Nintendo 64 is zoned. That is to say, each of the 3 usual regions (NTSC / Japan, NTSC / USA, PAL / Europe) had a specific model that could only play …
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RGB Scart cables may not display RGB on a real CRT TV
This may sound strange, and sometime the exposed reason is “bad quality cable”: some RGB cables may not actualy display RGB signal on a Real CRT TV. The cable can be of a good …
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Homemade consolized Neo Geo MVS
The Neo Geo is well known as the most powerfull home video game console of its time. Back in 1990, the AES system (home console) had the exact same hardware as the MVS system (arcade model). …
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Revive the colors of an original Famicom
With all the photos we can found on the internet, we tends to forget that the orignal Famicom colors are plain white and dark red. Over the time, the white part tends to become yellowish. I …
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Famicom : modded to output RGB signal
The Nintendo Famicom is my prefered NES system. It has a small formfactor unlike the oversized US/EU model, has a simple top loading mecanism for games and I find japanese cartridges design …
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