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Puzzle Bobble with rotary controls

Neo Geo Forums about 3 months ago

I have hacked Puzzle Bobble to have rotary controls. The hack requires a custom controller, which is a bit of a pain but also worth it IMO. The game is just so much better this way. It's how the game should have always been if you ask me, and how I always …
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Replacement PCB for Schneider Euro PC keyboard mylar sheet

VCFed about 3 months ago

... this has been a real pain point for many Euro PC restorers: ... - lambdamikel/europc-keyboard: Schneider EuroPC Keyboard Membrane Replacement ... Euro …
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The Automatic Services Universal Arcade Cabinet

The Arcade Blogger about 3 months ago

A few weeks back I wrote about Automatic Services and the arcade cabinets that a group of us were able to acquire, after its owner Mark Shepherd passed away. If you missed that post, go here. This week, I wanted to follow up by taking a closer look at …
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Let me introduce myself

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

Hi,I started an initiative few years ago to teach ourselves about computers, it was called msxmakers because was initially focused on msx.our project try to teach ourselves how to build new hardware.So, my idea is not focus on repairing old hardware but bu …
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Character Generator Tester PCB and Kits

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

Hello all,I finished the testing of the Character Generator Tester. See also the earlier topic here: https://www.applefri... can offer the PCB for 9 euro. I also offer complete kits for 45 euro (unsoldered, all …

Old ITT Data Modem 1181 V21

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello all. I bought this gem for 8 EUR. About the only thing that comes up on google is the auction where I bough this. It's missing the buttons on the front, also there was no power supply but the PCB text says 20V (AC) and using a US Robotics 20vAC PS …

Saved a bunch of vintage boards from a scrapper

VCFed about 4 months ago

Met someone who was attempting to scrap a bunch of vintage 60-80’s pcb’s at the local scrap yard. When the yard didn’t want to give him anything for them and he was stuck on how much gold content there was, I took a look and recognized a few things a …
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February 2024 SotM -- Dragon Breed

Neo Geo Forums about 4 months ago

Shooter of the Month, February, 2024 Irem's Dragon Breed, 1989 ​ Please post a picture of your high score along with the following information formatted thusly: N-G.com username - Score - Stage - Platform (PCB, Multi, MAME, MiSter, etc.) Please mak …

homebrew Z180

VCFed about 4 months ago

Here's my homebrew version of the Z-180 design by Stephen Cousins (SC-131). It's very small -- fits on a 100mm x 100mm PCB. It could be lots smaller, but I added some footprints for alternative EEPROM that I wanted to experiment with. Right now it runs …

Toshiba T1100+ repair/restoration

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello, I want to share my experience with T1100+ repair. I bought this laptop as donor for another project (Elektronika MC 1504 but that's another story) and been in pretty bad condition - lot of corrosion, water damage, part of power supply unit's PCB has …
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The Bizarre Taito Taitan arcade cabinet

The Arcade Blogger about 4 months ago

Generic cabinets from the Golden Age of arcade gaming tended to be functional workhorses. Of course the beauty of dedicated cabinets from manufacturers such as Atari, Williams, Gottlieb and Sega is undeniable. Those cabinets usually had bespoke designs, d …
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Character Generator Tester

Apple Fritter about 4 months ago

AttachmentSize Schematics482.91 KB BOM112.39 KB Short movie25.82 MB Popular Electronics April 1974 article673.28 KB Last year I developed an ASCII Keyboard Tester (see https://www.applefritter.co... and https:/ …

modern RAM boards possible?

VCFed about 4 months ago

I'm not well versed in all things Apple // but given the prospect of sourcing multiple 4116 DRAMs for either troubleshooting, repair or upgrading to 48K, are there alternatives? 4164 DRAM ICs (modified) can work as far as I know (happy for anyone to chime …
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Kraut Buster AES JP & USA extreme graphics garbled glitched.

Neo Geo Forums about 4 months ago

I also had this posted in the Kraut Busters topic. More details below, (Support says 4/5 times it's the power supply due to a new PCB design it may be the cause) 100% of my other games work no issues. Including gunlord and a bootleg 161 in 1 cart. Whats …
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Exidy Sorcerer Floppy Disk Controller (Dreamdisk) Replica PCB

VCFed about 4 months ago

We have successfully designed, built and tested a replica of the Sorcerer Dreamdisk FDC here in Australia. It based around a WD2793 FDC chip. It booted successfully from a Gotek using an 80 Track DS/DD 720K .DSK Image. The DreamBIOS CPM 2.2 uses ZCPR 1.6 …
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Extra colors for hires graphics wanted ?

Apple Fritter about 4 months ago

As we all know, the Apple II can produce four colors in the HIRES mode, plus black and white (which are not "colors", but "shades". But what can I complain. Some computer folks are so uneducated that they pervert the meaning of words all the time. Such as …

WTB Kiselev's Super VGA card (ISA)

VCFed about 4 months ago

I want one of the Kiselev-designed 8-bit ISA Super VGA cards, but I can only find shops selling the bare PCB. I would be very interested in buying a complete/pre-built card. NB: I am not interested in building the card myself. I am only interested in the …

Looking for information of Micropolis 1053 -II PCB FD DUAL C 100171-01-6B

VCFed about 4 months ago

In trying to restore a Micropolis 1053-II unit I would like to have the schematics of the PCB in the unit for version 'FD DUAL C' I do have the Micropolis Maintenance manual Rev 1 Feb 1979, but that only has schematics of PCB FD DUAL A and B. My PCB is m …
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Uncle Bernie's "Replica 2e" (WW Prototype of an Apple IIe replica)

Apple Fritter about 4 months ago

Here is a first photo of my brand new "creature", which "came alive" this morning:  PDRM4505B.jpg  It's the wire wrapped prototype of an Apple IIe Replica (not a "clone" !) based on my IOU/MMU PLD substitutes which were al …

CE-158X, a more modern replacement for the Sharp CE-158 (and TRS-80 version)

VCFed about 4 months ago

For months a friend and I have been working on a replacement for the Sharp CE-158 RS-232 serial/parallel interface for the PC-1500 (TRS-80 PC-2). I just put the finishing touches on the enclosure, PCB are on hand and parts will be arriving next week. Note …

Newcomers Forum • Can’t Get a Picture On My VGA Monitor

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

In an attempt to make my old Robotron machine playable again I bought myself a DE-10 Nano. Whilst I still have the original boards I replaced the original monitor with a CRT PC VGA monitor some years ago to run MAME on it as there's something wrong with t …

For Sale-Cps-3 Mobo with Darksoft Roms, Killer Instinct PCB, & CPS-1 SF 2 Hyper fighting PCB

Neo Geo Forums about 5 months ago

CPS-3 mobo has the dark soft roms installed with Third Strike looking for $500 but I’m negotiable. Killer Instinct includes hard drive looking for $700 negotiable. Hyper Fighting looking for $200. I will cover shipping charges. I will also make note …

introduce yourself • Hello from Cologne/Germany

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello,having grown up in Germany, i absolutely missed everything about the BBC Micro & all the related computers. As far as i know, it was not mentioned in any of the popular publications at the time. What a shame! Fortunately, a friend of mine, who s …
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For Sale: 1976 Apple-1 non-NTI Clone / Replica including ACI Interface and Datanetics Rev B Keyboard

Apple Fritter about 5 months ago

 Fully built, tested and functional Apple-1 Clone. Has 2nd video output mod and UncleBernie's reliability kit installed. I've built four Apple-1 clones and time has come to downsize my vintage computer collection and for someone else to enjoy this great p …
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A Return to Arcade Odyssey

The Arcade Blogger about 5 months ago

My recent trip to the USA allowed me some time to check out a few arcades, specifically one of my favourites in Miami, FL. The last time I reviewed Arcade Odyssey, was a good five years ago. You can check that out here. The upshot I concluded back then, w …