Recent content by Retro_Lover

You need to pry-off that metal washer on the very end. Use a small flat-headed screwdriver, pop the end into a slot in the washer and gently twist off the washer - careful, it can pop off and go flying around anywhere. You then need to keep in memory how that joystick metal shaft pulls out of...

One of my Atari 1050 drives' PSU has died. I don't get anything from it. I have a second 1050 + PSU and this PSU works on the other 1050, so it's not the drive. So, if anyone has a spare 1050 PSU they don't want, please get in touch and let me know what you want for it. Cheers.

I have the Technobytes 512kb Memory Mapper ATA IDE, is this similar ? Is there a guide anywhere as to how you prepare the CF card ?

I just came back from a visit to my local CEX, and Pink Planet, and I have never seen so many Gran Turismo Sport copies ever - compared to other PS4 release games. CEX had 20 copies for £30, while Pink Planet claimed they had over 50 copies at £34. I know the guys in Pink Planet and they said...

Just to post my thanks to Janne. This was top work. Really well done, and looks like it was part of the original card, it doesn't look like a repair. Really good. Because of my eyesight, getting old and having a bit blurry up close, I faffed up some traces with a soldering iron that just...

Apparently not. OP repair for his mates only.

Wanted to really like this, as I loved GT4,5,6. But the fact that this is tied to a always-online account and there is no offline racing is what is putting me off. It seems the single player experience, from what I have been reading on various forums, is a long way off the older games. I commend...

To me, it doesn't show anything other than grime. How about you show a before and after pics of a yellowed mouse, or a key from a yellowed keyboard.

Your pics appear to show something more like surface dirt and grime, whereas the yellowing seen in plastics is in the plastic itself, it is not a surface dirt. Retrobrighting, does not actually cure the yellowing since the yellowing is a flame retardant mixed in with the plastics to prevent a...

This is mine. Pentium III 700 Mhz Socket 370. Intel Socket 370 Motherboard. 256Mb SDRAM. Nvidia GeForce2 GTS 32MB DDR SGRAM. Orchid Righteous 3Dfx Voodoo2 8Mb PCI. Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! PCI. Compact Flash to IDE ATA 40 pin + 1GB CF Card. 16x CDR Drive. 2x Floppy drives. PS/2 Mouse...

Spot on.

If you buy here for X.XX, then sell on ebay for XXX.XX, then not only are you scalping, you are manipulating the market because if personX can sell it for XXX.XX then so can personY - So the market has been manipulated, and others will follow. Ebay will then recommend this new price to all...

Buying cheap then selling 5-10x more expensive IS SCALPING, no matter how much you sugar-coat it. I find it pretty damn disgusting that some you you do sugar-coat it. Do you think it's business when buying a mini nes/snes and selling them 2-3x the price ? That is not only CUNTISH, it's SCALPING...

Retro Rule No. 8: Never let yourself get so desperate for that item you've wanted for years that you are prepared to buy anything including, those adverts that read "Can't find the PSU so selling untested". If you do buy it you can be guaranteed a fully working one will suddenly go up for sale...

Retro Rule no. ?? - Cleaning 30+ years of gunk, dirt, and I-really-don't-want-to-know marks that refuse to budge and look disgusting. Stripping down machines with a billion tiny little screws that, even with all the screws taken out, still refuse to come apart - I'm looking at you, ZX Spectrum...