I'm pleased to announce that I've worked with @p0rchio to assume web hosting for https://t.co/Etu7kWHmrj - the site will live on! I'll also taking over as "editor-in-chief", so if anyone wants to contribute retro console, computer or arcade repair write ups, hit me up!
@leo__oliveira@jeffqchen@tigheklory Thankfully these days the factory decryption can be reinstated so that running modified decrypted ROMs is unnecessary. I ran Phoenixed ROMs for years though. ๐ซก
@StriderNC77 The Nanao part in my photo is a NEC V35 CPU with a game-specific encryption mechanism, although the encryption can be disabled by swapping two jumpers. Iโm not sure if the pinout matches up to an off-the-shelf V35. Youโd probably have better luck tracking down a parts donor.
Now that the Irem M92 #arcade Multi is complete and starting to ship, Iโm selling off several of my spare M92 game boards that I used in testing. Each one gets a fresh capacitor replacement and jumpers installed where the Multi requires different settings for future-proofing. ๐
<sigh> Itโs so aggravating when a microscopic leg randomly snaps off of a TSOP-48 SMD flash chip when soldering it to a board. Fortunately I have a spare handy but it takes hours to flash with my current NAND programmer. ๐
@Aqy@kagiroi0120 Known bug with the core - it's been reported on several times. The clock countdown freezing up is the giveaway that it'll crash soon after.
https://t.co/05gRm0PDww
@leonkiriliuk@miztlur Iโve found that G3 and G4 Mac Power Books running Mac OS 9 work very well for the Sierra and Lucas games. You can get an active matrix screen, the games look & run great, and the system MIDI supports wave table Sound Fonts so you can easily load in Roland and Yamaha synth sets.