You may have noticed that I don’t share many repairs here on the blog. Although useful (and I’m glad people do share their knowledge) I think they’re pretty dry to read and I don’t tend to tackle repairs – and when I do, they …

Openkey is an opensource project made by jwestfall69. It injects the original encryption code on Capcom and Mitchell jamma boards, not depending anymore on the batteries. Openkey CPS2 is soldered by 6 easy solder points and one optional depending on the b …

A family member is getting a new laptop which comes with Windows 11 Home S. As the family geek, I get to deal with it and I'm trying to find information on the web and it's getting confusing. So I thought I'd ask here - because this feels like asking my m …

Recently I was sent a disk by Flaxcottage to try an extract the necessary data to create an SSD.One of the problems, other than disk protection and data encryption was that the disk surface was badly damaged in places, resulting in the dreaded Data CRC er …

Selling some Konami & Namco custom chips. Each chip will be $20, postage is additional. Konami 502 (28 pin) Konami 503 (40 pin) Konami 082 (28 pin) x 2 Konami 083 (28 pin) x 2 Namco 29 Namco 30 Namco 36 Namco 12XX Namco 06XX Namco 54XX (Sold) Namco 0 …

So as not to "pollute" other threads with the discussion, I think I'd open this thread to gather all technical discussion on how the SYS2x6 dongle is implemented, how it all works and possible improvements/alternatives. To start the discussion, …

Hello. Recently I have managed to repair a 5.25in FDD and started archiving a recent find of mine (some old program written in the USSR, from what I managed to find it's some sort of a file encryption tool which is not on the net in any form). Sadly, I a …

Have 2 100% working original CPS 1 A boards and the following B+C PCBs £250 posted in the UK + post rest of the world. PP F&F thanks. Final Fight (world) Captain Commando (De-Suicided) Carrier Airwing Magic Sword King Of Dragons (conversion ROMS but …

Has anyone tried this? They host updates for Win95, Win98, WinNT with Windows 2000 in the works.Their home page is: http://windowsupdaterestore... to video: https://www.youtube.com/wat... � …

I have a TAP file that seems to be the game, but the load function doesn't work (in VICE at least, my physical system is currently in pieces waiting on parts.) It will save just fine, just won't load. I did a search, and can't seem to find any replaceme …

We have to have a working NUON Emulator in order to move forward with NUON or there is no way any games are ever made. I know that is is hugely difficult to get an Emulator for a system as obsure as NUON but we have done the impossible already. We have c …

To say that online multiplayer was a central pillar of the Dreamcast brand would be an understatement. From day one it was touted as a standout feature, placed front and centre of most of the big marketing campaigns, and generally bigged-up by Sega executi …