What retro things have you done today?

Radec said:
sold a few of mine over the last few weeks. i wonder if you had one.
i listed them pretty cheap.
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The one I got was in bad shape and sold as non working, the battery contacts were shot with corrosion, stripped it all down and scrubbed the contacts with a wire brush and everything was working :)
 
churchhawk said:
The one I got was in bad shape and sold as non working, the battery contacts were shot with corrosion, stripped it all down and scrubbed the contacts with a wire brush and everything was working :)
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The best thing for corrosion is white vinegar or apple cider vinegar works just as good, put that on the battery contacts and watch the corrosion fizz away, it works like magic in minutes. Minimal scrubbing if any at all. Finish them off with some IPA.
 
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Retro6 said:
The best thing for corrosion is white vinegar or apple cider vinegar works just as good, put that on the battery contacts and watch the corrosion fizz away, it works like magic in minutes. Minimal scrubbing if any at all. Finish them off with some IPA.
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cheers mate, I'm actually going to try that today as the ones I've cleaned are not 100%
 
I got my stick of FPM RAM today and I tried it but no joy the computer wont post with it.

Does anybody know what RAM works with a DELL 425s/L?
 
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Retro6 said:
I got my stick of FPM RAM today and I tried it but no joy the computer wont post with it.

Does anybody know what RAM works with a DELL 425s/L?
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I mean this is a long way off but I plan to go through my retro gear in my next week off work which is whitsun. I can throw a few sticks at mine and see what it is happy with and send you some if you like. Ive got probably 40+ sticks to try :D
 
Been faffing around with SD cards for my 3 x Analogue devices, realising how temperamental they are with some SD cards, trying to get firmwares updated and games working from said SD card 'backups'. Additionally been connecting the appropriate 8BitDo controllers to each device, which are all now working as they should. At some point over the coming couple of weeks my intent is to get out my vintage home computer and retro console collection, clean them, test them and sell them.

Time is the first challenge, then motivation to start the job needed.
 
I bought a 2010 Samsung 720p 32" TV for my PS2 and Dreamcast. I cracked one day whilst trying to use my modern TV with terrible input delay, and wanted one NOW on gumtree lol. I can't fit a CRT on my desk and this old TV has lots of inputs if I want to hook up 720p consoles and PS1 mini/ Amiga 500 mini etc. 32" is big for a desk and if I had been patient looking on Gumtree I probably should have bought a 26/7" TV.

It has good input delay. It's got ghosting but I can live with that. The image quality on 720p video is pretty good and the sound quality is a bit nicer than my modern TV.

I currently seem to have a thing with early PS2 games and I'm tracking down the games I never played: GTA3, Jak and Daxter, Shadow of Memories, Ridge Racer, Wipeout, Ico...

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Found a couple of Gameboy Pokémon games in the charity shop, seem like they are original but the saves don't work, ordered some new batteries so hopefully soldering new ones in will work.
 
Cannot recommend KeeperFX enough. Playable on modern PCs with 100s of bugfixes and QoL updates. Recently completed the main game which is slightly more challenging with the smarter AI. Now working on newgame+ which is the same but edited and "fixed" to stop cheese methods and be a real challenge!
 
Bought an old PS1 with an Xstation fitted and been playing it solidly for days. Should have got one ages ago, I forgot how good many games from the era were/are.

I’ve also just received a Pixel FX G.E.M. HDMI mod which I’ll need to have fitted, along with a new shell from Yoei. It should look awesome when it’s all complete.
 
Read about Majora's Mask having an unofficial PC port so before Nintendo get it removed, figured I'd give it a try :D

www.dsogaming.com

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask just got an unofficial PC port with support for high framerates, widescreen/ultrawide, Gyro Aim, autosaves and low input lag

It appears that a native unofficial PC port of the classic N64 Zelda game, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has been released.
www.dsogaming.com www.dsogaming.com

Works remarkably well, ultrawide and unlocked fps, just need the HD texture pack supported and I can replay this. Ocarina of Time coming soon too it seems.

 
Spent most of the day trying to get XP installed on a Via chipset 939 AGP board but after trying everything I can think of I’ve thrown the towel in and used an IDE to SATA converter. Between not picking up my sata drives in the bios and XP not recognising them despite using the official drivers during install, I gave up. Not sure why I had so much trouble on this particular board and not others but meh. Got board of trawling through forum posts from the early to mid 2000’s trying to figure it out!
 
Ive added a PS2 / VGA switch for my DOS and Windows 98 PC. each PC has its own mouse.

bought a gotek for the DOS PC and works really well

I ordered a new old stock blue goose neck lamp like i used to have in the day but ebay lost it :rolleyes:

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I picked up five unboxed Atari 2600 games on Sunday in a car boot for a tenner, including Donkey Kong so the 2600 came out and I've been playing that :)
 
almoststew1990 said:
I bought a 2010 Samsung 720p 32" TV for my PS2 and Dreamcast. I cracked one day whilst trying to use my modern TV with terrible input delay, and wanted one NOW on gumtree lol. I can't fit a CRT on my desk and this old TV has lots of inputs if I want to hook up 720p consoles and PS1 mini/ Amiga 500 mini etc. 32" is big for a desk and if I had been patient looking on Gumtree I probably should have bought a 26/7" TV.

It has good input delay. It's got ghosting but I can live with that. The image quality on 720p video is pretty good and the sound quality is a bit nicer than my modern TV.

I currently seem to have a thing with early PS2 games and I'm tracking down the games I never played: GTA3, Jak and Daxter, Shadow of Memories, Ridge Racer, Wipeout, Ico...

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IMG-0613.jpg
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I’ve considered getting a small 4:3 LCD but a decent one seems hard to come by these days. Want it for my 3 x Analgoue devices really more than my older original kit.

Welcome recommendations
 
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I've been playing around with PCem on a relatively modern netbook type device i've got lying around to see what type of system i can run on it.
I'm hoping it can manage a P166 mmx but we shall see...

If this falls through it will still make for a nice DosBox device
 
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