Dantaipan

Retro games, consoles and computers.

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@leonkiriliuk Sorry to hear that Leon. My wife had that and it took a lot of time and a lot of physio to get over it.

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@CommodoreBlog Top 5 nostalgic games of all time for me. Screw you arrows from behind. I hate you forever.

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Random thrift store find. NIB 5.25 disk cleaning set with unopened box of trial software and 10 blank DS/DD disks.

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So @Metrolinx outsourced their customer service to the Shoppers Drug Mart. Super convenient. Sounds like another @fordnation deal. #onpoli

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Guitar pedal test rig. Bit of an ugly setup but testing before dropping into an enclosure is highly advised. This build works!

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Found a Fuzz Face at a thrift store. Was DOA from poor DIY. Fixed original but decided to trade 90s PCB for original repro. Still need to tidy up the wires and source some mounting screws but it is working!

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@gordoslair Comes a time when you have been living on sugar mountain and need to show your heart of gold.

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Different kind of recap today. Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Also replaced the power resistors and diodes which are now mounted 1/4” off the board to avoid the known heat issues. Still some work to do on this amp but it is back together and sounding sweet for now.

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@leonkiriliuk $3k combined. That is ~$7.5k in today’s dollar value. 😳

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@miketik Yes, you can use the RGBTOHDMI project and a custom cable to do this.

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I know this won’t be to everyone’s taste but I like it because it still feels “80s” to me. Keycaps from CBMStuff #c64

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@VirtualJames The F keys are changed. They were a full gray on the original. This “orange” is the original colour for the breadbin carried over from the Vic20.

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@kretro_gaming I think the light-sixer is probably the best 2600 model for modding. IMO heavy-sixers should be kept stock. Just put a UAV in a light-sixer and need to do the caps and other improvements next.

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@leonkiriliuk Yes, I have Crayon King RGB in my main unit. Definitely better output. He doesn’t have any inventory on eBay right now and I kind of wanted to challenge myself to build a circuit from scratch anyway.

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Did a quick composite mod on this Sears Intellivision I picked up this week. Was able to do it with parts on hand. Opted to add a tail rather than drill this somewhat rare case. Next up, caps.

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Picked up this Atari 2600 light-sixer from an auction this weekend and didn’t waste any time cleaning it up and adding UAV mod. This Stella’s a beaut.

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LC475 is getting there. MacBatt CR2032 PRAM, BlueSCSI v2 and fan bracket to keep the 68k cool. Thanks friends! Happy #MARCHintosh

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Who is up for some Bally Basic? It only took me 5 mins to type line 10.

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My Bally Astrocade was completely dead. I did a capkit and power was restored but had black screen. Went on a trip to Kansas to see Allen and it turned out to be the crystal and not one of the custom chips. Phew.

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@ToddsNerdCave Do you know if there is a similar bracket design for the TDK brand PSU? I have a leaky one I would like to gut.