Sega Game Gear Recap

Defect:

• Dead but the Power LED is turned ON.

Repair:

• Replaced all capacitors (Main / DC-DC / Audio)

Gallery of the repair:

Commodore PET 2001 Japanese Instruction Manual.

I must thank my  friend Andry for this great gift.

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Very nice adapter designed by Rolo that allows you to use the Rolo Multi-Cartridge also on the Acetronic MPU-1000 or any 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System compatible consoles.

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source: atariage.com

Jean-François DEL NERO (who’s behind the HxC SD Floppy Emulator) recently has released a version of the HxC emulator firmware that is compatible with the STM32 chip used in the Gotek floppy emulators.

This means that the great functionality of the HxC SD emulator is now available on cheaper and more widely available hardware.

The bootloader to convert the Gotek floppy drive in HxC compatible must be purchased on the website HXC 2001 by sending an email to Jean-François DEL NERO. The price of the bootloader is one-off 10 Euro per Gotek that you want to update. Future updates of the software are free and can be made from a USB stick

The HXC Usb (Gotek) firmware supports: + many more….

Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.1.0.4a:

Major update!

• New direct file formats support (Read & Write !) :
  • Acorn machines : *.ADL,*.ADM,*.SSD,*.DSD and *.ADF file support
  • Camputer Lynx : *.LDF
  • Commodore C64 : *.D81
  • Thomson machines : *.FD
  • Sam Coupé : *.SAD, *.MGT
  • MSX Machines : *.IMG, *.DSK
  • Spectrum : *.TRD, *.SDD
• New menu entry : Target system family selection.
  • This reduce a lot the risk of erroneous raw file identification.
• Lots of RAW file support improvements :
  • All sector sizes supported, advanced track skew and interleaving support.
  • FM & MFM support.
• Amstrad CPC DSK support : Fix for the One Disk/double sided Batman demo.
• Fix attempt of the “diymore.cc” OLED screens : OLED init screen delay  menu option added.
  • (Note : Please avoid these “diymore.cc” screens until i got an idea what is the root cause of the issue.)
  • Internal improvement : Track cache layer improved, RAW files support/identification improved.

Release notes Firmware USB HxCFloppyEmulator v3.0.33.12a:

• Extra LCD size option added :
  • 2×40 characters (for 2×40 I2C-HD44780 screens)
• Clear internal settings function : Press “up” button at power up to Clear the settings with the default values.
• SP1200 write support fix.

This is only a little part of the changelog. The original one is very long and you can read it here.

Download: USB Stick STM32 (Gotek) HxC Firmware v3.1.0.4a (1187)

source: hxc2001.com

The Atari 820 printer provided Atari 400/800 users with a quick and simple printer. No drivers or special interfaces were needed.

The Atari 820 printer plugged directly onto the Atari SIO bus and allowed users the ability to make 40 column printouts which were good for tracking finances, printing out program listings and other files. The printer made an interesting sound which could only be described as a washing machine.

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source: atarimuseum.com

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.

Onslaught / Offence / Vandalism News Staff, bring to you the 67th issue of the Vandalism News.

Download:

• Vandalism News #67 (1541/1581) (1114)

source: csdb.dk

Complete collection of Nintendo Classic Mini & Accessories.

There is not much to say about this photo, i love Nintendo and i wanted all versions of Nintendo Classic Mini.

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NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Mr. Wong’s Loopy Laundry +4
• Mr. Wong’s Loopy Laundry
• Border Blast 3 [enhanced] [seuck]
• Ball
• Giełda’96 [polish]
• Breathalyzer
• Ball +D
• Zeta-7 +2DGF
• Moonspire: The Draxx War – Preview
• Minima Reloaded V1.2 +4DG
• QWAK 1.3 +4
• Ball +3D
• Bacillus Preview 2a +3
• Cookie +D
• Breathalyzer
• Cookie +
• Petunia Pickle’s Pumpkin Preview +D
• Cookie +2D
• Cookie
• Ant Attack +6DG
• Space Shooter Preview
• Cookie +3D
• Petunia Pickle’s Pumpkin Preview +4D
• Gruniozerca +2D
• Gruniozerca +D
• Penetrator +3DG
• Penetrator +3D 101%
• 2K Race
• 2K Race Crack
• Sadistomatic +3
• More… what?! +
• More… what?!
• Chakram +2 [seuck]
• QWAK 1.3 +4CHD
• Jeep Command +3D
• Mutants +4D
• Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge +2D
• Seabase Delta +D
• Highway Encounter +4D
• Mr. Wimpy +5D
• Bosconian 87 +3D
• Gribbly’s Special Day Out +5DH
• Gribbly’s Day Out +5DHF
• Akalabeth Preview
• Sky Runner +5D 101%

Download: All Games in One Archive (4828)

source: csdb.dk

Works that have been made on this Amiga 2000:

• Replaced the power plug with capacitors inside.
• Replaced PSU capacitors.
• Cleaning the motherboard with the toothbrush and PCC Kontakt.

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source: ebay.de wikipedia

source: ebay.fr zimmers.net

Hanimex 2650/Arcadia 2001/GIG Leonardo (loose) Repair & Composite Video Output.

I start to say that this motherboard was not in repair but in one box of  spare parts. I have only the motherboard of this console, no external case, joystick, power supply … totally useless.

Past and present defects:

• Some time ago the two EMF coils are exploded (see the photo) maybe the capacitor was in short circuit after the two coils
• Also a capacitors near the coils is disappeared.
• Black and White video output.

Repair and Video Composite modding:

• I have bypassed the two coils for the 12v DC.
• Removed the RF modulator.
• I have cutted 3 resistors for the video composite output, you can get a better image (contrast and color) (see photo)
• Replaced a 4066 because are missing two outputs of the R-G-B signal and that’s why the image was in black and white.
• Added a temporary push button for the RESET.
• The console without the RF modulator can be powered at 9v DC and not 12v DC, thus avoiding boiling the poor 7805.

Gallery of the repair:

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Download:

• Hanimex 2650/Arcadia 2001/Leonardo Games (1007)
• Hanimex 2650/Arcadia 2001/Leonardo Schematic (1764)
• Emerson Arcadia 2001 Service Manual (1047)
• WinArcadia Emulator (868)

source: ebay.de wikipedia

This Video Composite MOD needs some work unlike other similar consoles, you need to remove a resistor and insert a trimmer, otherwise the Video Composite output signal is really bad.

Works that need to be done:

• Remove the RF Modulator (remove it completely)
• Remove the 4.7k Resitor (see photo)
• Solder a 22k Trimmer between the resistor hole (hole side to pin 8 of the TEA 1002/PE1X) and the ground, the third pin of the trimmer is the Video Composite output. (see photo)
• Solder a wire for the Audio output. (see photo)
• Use the same hole of the RF cable for the new video and audio cable.

Before closing everything i recommend to adjust the trimmer for the best Video output.

Gallery of the Video Composite MOD: