I’ve been meaning to recap this Goldstar 3DO for YEARS😂 The caps were purchased in 2023. And the machine was never turned on after maybe 2021🤣 The machine would not turn on constantly, and only a handful of games would boot. So maybe caps?🤔

I started my blog back in 2017, which was the beginning of "vswitchzero". I've given it a much needed revamp after sitting idle for far too long. Spent many hours wrestling with CSS to get it looking the way I wanted. Now to create some new content! ✍️ vswitchzero.com

This is an extremely useful piece of software and information that will help me prolong the life of my Sony Trinitron monitor. I love that we can do this without the need of those old CRT rejuvenators. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt1N...

My best friend and I are going to attempt to fix this Yoshi game for game boy. I think I’ve identified the problem, no idea how this happened. Bought it used in a lot. Wish us luck. #Gameboy #Yoshi

*slaps lid of laptop* this baby gets 1.5 hours to the gallon

Visualizing VGA palette tricks in Wolf3D, DOOM, and Quake with an FPGA video card

I went to Seattle for #vcfpnw last weekend and it was pretty great! A thread of pictures (read the alt text for extra commentary detail, btw!), starting with a visit to the Interim Computer Museum

Can’t wait to actually play some games with my recently acquired MSX2. I’m waiting for the flash cart to arrive. After testing it out I’ll need to find a gamepad solution and maybe a VGA converter to capture some stuff.

Back when TI was in the PC microprocessor game, they used color silkscreen. These are from my vintage CPU collection. For the inclined, they’re based on the Cyrix M7 486 CPU core.

Wait, I accidentally bought the coolest-possible pair of speakers for this setup??👀🤔

I love how nonchalant old AG cards were. Voodoo Banshee whacked into old Pentium 2 machine I'm fixing up.

Seriously, this is crazy impressive. Probably the most impressive software rendered 3D to ever hit the store shelves.

I *may* have done another MIDI impulse buy 😬

Been wanting to do this mixer upgrade for years. Have a 4U rack to assemble for mounting. In the meantime…

Remember the days before MPEG2 (DVD), back then we had VCD's, CD-i and MPEG1 video files. If you wanted to play videos on a computer you needed additional power, these were provided in the form of MPEG decoder cards. Here's my REALmagic Netstream 1 ISA card, let's investigate!

After 9 long months, I've finally posted a new video! Today I explore the performance differences between SGRAM and SDRAM on 3dfx Voodoo3 cards. I also look at the Block Write and Write-Per-Bit features. The SGRAM advantage was larger than I expected! youtu.be/7VN6OyGcaL4

My FREE macOS MIDI player has been downloaded over 100 times, so a nice first milestone. Version 0.97.0 beta will be released within the next few days if all goes to plan with a ton of improvements and new features! www.pixelrefresh.com/product/pxr-...

After 9 long months, I'm finally going to be posting a new YouTube video. If all goes well, before the end of this week 🤯

Checking out this cool gift from a Retro Fren: Henry on Retro Hardware Discord. Invite Link: discord.gg/8J3EtKRhS He rescued it from a Farm, it's been exposed to the elements, rain and vermin for about >20 years. It's a Super Socket 7 - Daewoo CB581X-VI Original Condition:

The mid 80s to mid 90s all-in-one form factor is peak personal computer

I finally got a Hercules monochrome card for my 286 build. Now I can really try out this amber Brother monitor I've had for almost two years!

Have the slowest Voodoo 3 on the bench today. The Velocity 100. Only 8MB of memory and one TMU soft-disabled (can be turned on easily in Windows). Runs at 143MHz, which is higher than the typical 16MB V3 1000’s 125MHz.

[Adapter for Tomlov TM-DM9 Microscope & iFixes iL37 Polarized Ring Light] Never published this model since I thought only I would need it. But here you go🤔 Link to Printables: www.printables.com/model/1698893

Just need the serversided telephony card, and things will be rolling!

Super Socket 7 adventures, coming soon......

WSL9x, or Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux, runs a modern Linux kernel cooperatively inside the Windows 9x kernel! codeberg.org/hails/wsl9x

Here is all the parts for my third Pentium III build. Because two wasn't enough. Thanks so much to @vswitchzero.com for sending me many of these parts. Here I have a VIA based motherboard running at 133MHz with a 1GHz PIII CPU Also have Aureal Vortex 2, SB16 CT1740, Voodoo 3 3500 with M1-A adapter

Finally decided it was time to cave and buy a PCB preheater for hardware repairs. Should hopefully make IC removal easier and I can try my hand at some basic BGA rework. 😬 It’s one of those no name 853A models. Was cheap enough to take a chance on it

There is something special when a family member asks if you would like their old CRT TV that might otherwise have gone to landfill! Even better, this one has hardly been used, picture is excellent and supports 50/60Hz as well as SCART RGB! Fabulous! #retrogaming #retroconsoles

How many compact flash cards is too many? #AskingForAFriend

I got my Voodoo 3 3500 cable in the mail and I reattached that capacitor that was knocked off. The soldering I did on that surface-mount cap was absolutely horrendous. I genuinely apologize for making you look at this horrible work. That being said, I now have another usable Voodoo 3 for a PC build!

When I am old and creaky, I want to see this one last time and be reminded of the fable of the Nanoraptor.

I had a great conversation with @dosnostalgic.bsky.social about DOS gaming, collecting big box games, and getting JUST ENOUGH EMS configured to play Dark Forces on your parent's Packard Bell 486! youtu.be/6iyzcA8a0To

I finally got my copy of the new "FX3 Chip" version of Doom for SNES as well as the matching Rumble-enabled controller! While it's interesting to see what an "FX3 Chip" can do, this controller really steals the show with how sturdy and solid it feels with it's grips on the back and texture! #snes

Took an absolutely lovely road trip today to pick up a rare Roland CM-32L that was on Marketplace. I was stretching the range of my 1st gen Leaf but taking the back roads meant prettier views and fewer kWh

Today’s cursed lead.

Mistigram: the turning of the seasons is in full effect at the moment, aptly captured in this #ASCIIart animation by Joninscii! This piece was included in the recent unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection.

My kind of Art 🎨

The cable situation is solved and now I need to put back a capacitor on C39's pads since it was knocked off and I want to repaste the 3dfx chip since this heat sink can be removed unlike the one on my Voodoo 3 3000

It’s only a few days after I shipped the STB Voodoo2 out to @16bitmanfred.bsky.social, this perfect match appear on eBay, missing the FBI chip🫠 And I just happen to have an extra FBI laying around, rotating when a problematic card came in. Guess now is the time to put an end to its loneliness🫠

Finally got my capture setup converted over to RGB and I am so happy with this. I am using my RGB modded SNES Jr which has the cleanest signal of all the models and I got it fed through a scart to DVI adapter and a splitter. I also have it outputting to my RGB modded TV.

Ever wonder how Final Fantasy gets the numbers you see during battle? How do your stats contribute to physical attacks? Are there any bugs in the game? (spoilers: uhh... yeah) Behind the Code has finally reached Final Fantasy. Enjoy. youtu.be/O_CLnBCgJks

A brand new DRAM (and some SRAM) tester that actually works really well!

PicoGUS v4.1.0 firmware is released: github.com/polpo/picogu... Highlights: - ADPCM support in SB mode - pgusinit won't complain your BLASTER variable is malformed (unless it actually is) - Revamped MPU-401 that acts more like a real MPU-401 and uses way less SRAM and more in the changelog!

Nothing worse than doing tons of benchmarks and then discovering vsync was on for Direct3D 😬

On April 13, 1992, Cyrix introduced its very confusing 486SLC chip. Half 386SX, half 486SX, it raised lots of questions when it was new, and it's still a confusing chip today. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/cyrix-486slc...

Photo shooting time for project release😌

Added a rare card to my 3dfx collection today. This is an OEM version of the Voodoo 3 3500 running at 183MHz. It lacks the TV tuner and massive dongle of the retail 3500 TV. Was listed incorrectly on eBay as a 3000 for a meh price. Thankfully I recognized it and jumped! 😁

If you’re looking to mail a vintage computer, now is the time to stock up on shipping supplies! Pool noodles cut to size and placed on the corners of computer cases and CRTs greatly increase their chances of making it to their final destination in one piece.