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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Always wanted one of these. Broken, nothing on power up. I fixed it, wasnt the battery although was removed 😂 a bodge wire had detached.

Super Wild Card Battery spilling its guts

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Richard Horne @richrap3d.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Another very successful day of prototype testing today. We completed testing the docking station and everything works perfectly. We now have a charge and I/O dock for the Pocket MiSTer that also has lots of cool features too. More details soon, you are going to love it.

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zaxour 阿宅 @zaxour.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Product drop! CD-i 450/550 PD is now available! Replace that goofy RJ45 jack in your CD-i 450/550 with a fully internal USB PD compatible power solution! Available at my ko-fi now: ko-fi.com/s/036074c6ed

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Ian Scott @polpo.org · 20/07/2026

New PicoIDE update on Crowd Supply! Injection mold samples! And announcing the Open Retro Storage Front Panel project, which explains why the samples say "BlueSCSI" instead of "PicoIDE." www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

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Enclosure Samples

I promised an update once I received the samples for the injection molded case, so now I’m happy to share what they look like!

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Fuzzweed @fuzzweed.co.uk · 17/06/2026

If I was gonna hazard a guess, it's a reskinned Easyphone t300. No stub antenna. But button layout is good, hinge looks about right. Battery specs the same. Stock image orientation suspiciously similar. And it's got an sos button.🧓

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muramasanet.bsky.social @muramasanet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I find these machines fascinating. Not super practical but am having a lot of fun digging into them. I did a quick stream with them recently www.youtube.com/live/jgx17tz...

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Sega VCD Player Troubleshooting Stream

YouTube video by Muramasa

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Picked this up a few weeks back. Tianli Game VCD Player. Plays VCD’s, but also has an official License from Sega to play Megadrive games from a VCD Disc. Which has the game roms on it and were sold. Can load them straight into an emulator 😂 Anyway these are then loaded into ram and booted. 1/3

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Decided to finally release this github.com/Board-Folk/f... Multiple hardware pcb some designed for specific machines for flash floppy. Example a CFD version for the CPC6128 / Spectrum +3 or a Apple II version (waiting to test that one) Most are SD Card and Side Scroll Wheel as i prefer that 😂

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GitHub - Board-Folk/flash-floppy-drives: Multiple hardware projects that use the Flash Floppy firmware by Kier Fraser for various systems

Multiple hardware projects that use the Flash Floppy firmware by Kier Fraser for various systems - Board-Folk/flash-floppy-drives

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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 22/05/2026

THIS IS W I D E B O Y

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Found an old model set still sitting on my hard drive unused, so have uploaded them for everyone to download now! C64 keycap set, modelled to be as close as possible to the original shape! It's missing the space key, will add that later. www.printables.com/model/171497...

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Commodore 64 (C64) - Keycap replacements set by RetroGameRevival | Download free STL model | Printables.com

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I printed the case for this on my MASSIVE printer

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Surprise drop: SEGA Nomad battery, with full instructions and PCB files + links, under free use (even commercial!). www.printables.com/model/169409...

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SEGA Nomad - External Battery (18650 + USB-C) by RetroGameRevival | Download free STL model | Printables.com

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

After recapping all the boards, this dead laseractive is now working. Had some other faults along the way, mainly me, i didnt push the CONT connectors all the way in as was afraid to break them 😂. This caused video problems with the PACS and CD’s did not spin. @zaxour.bsky.social said to reflow …

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zaxour 阿宅 @zaxour.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I finally finished up a circuit to better approximate the composite palette! Output from the bonanza goes in, then modified RGB goes out. Not necessary if you have an RT5X/4K, but would be useful for CRT's/other scalers.

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Laser Active Update FSTB and CONT done. FSTB recapped no problems and no fishy smells surprisingly CONT lost 2 pads and some fishy smells from a few caps Might do the RGB later that will leave me with the VIDEO board over easter and cleanup and reassemble, if i remember where the cables went 😂

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zaxour 阿宅 @zaxour.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Accompanying yesterday's Genesis is this 32X - recapped and outfitted with a Buzzkill to ensure no inductor noise!

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zaxour 阿宅 @zaxour.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Ugly duckling Model 1 VA7 Genesis glow up with a 4BP and TS924 headphone amp! No more horribly balanced audio, with cleaned-up RGB and S-Video capability to boot! I opted for a bottom side install this time...wish I had a flex for everything 🫠

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Gamebrush Thriftwood @gamewhisperer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Just backed - Annalog NES www.kickstarter.com/projects/ell...

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Annalog NES

An NES Metroidvania Puzzle Adventure!

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Started on my Laser Active Recapping Journey with the INFT consolemods.org is an excellent resource. Made Cap Box to help sort the caps i need. C418 was the leaky boy that was stopping this board from working

Print outs of consolemods page for the INTF board

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zaxour 阿宅 @zaxour.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Sega Genesis CDX maxed out with some brand new tech! -Full Recap -3BP w/ Flex Kit -Mega Everdrive PRO Enabler -FRAM Other than a few minor tweaks, I'll be putting these kits into production soon!

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

NeoGeo AES Shell replacement model is fully done (and tested by the amazing @chris-jh.bsky.social), and now available on my Printables! www.printables.com/model/163908...

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NeoGeo AES - Replacement Shell by RetroGameRevival | Download free STL model | Printables.com

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

PicoIDE it be amazing if it got to 1000%

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

10 hours left for the PicoIDE, you can watch this video by Rees if you want to know more about the device www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

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PicoIDE

An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Will be test printing at some point, need to figure out best angle

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Some minor adjustments for @pointerfunction.bsky.social to fix, otherwise fits great 😁 The Sovol SV08 Max for me printed great. yes there are VFDs but thats because i never calibrated it for them 😂. I did buy a chamber heater for it, pain to fit as i need to access under it and its heavy and big

Neogeo AES with original too case sitting on a 3d printed pink bottom case

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

👀 👀 👀

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Doing a test print of a neogeo’s aes bottom by @pointerfunction.bsky.social in his favourite colour pink transparent petg 😂

First couple of layers printed on the sovol sv08max

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Tynemouth Software @tynemouthsoftware.co.uk · 15/02/2026

New blog post: Remote diagnosing a PET 2001 video fault from one photograph. blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2026/02/diag... Includes a look at how the PET video system works with redrawn schematics. It also turns out to be a surprisingly early PET 2001.

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Tynemouth Software @tynemouthsoftware.co.uk · 14/02/2026

JLCPCBs are Red JLCPCBs are Blue Here is my affiliate link So you can get some too jlcpcb.com/download?fro... My blog is now sponsored by JLCPCB, although this was not quite how I planned to announce that.

Red and blue PCBs from JLCPCB arranged in a heart shape.

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zaxour 阿宅 @zaxour.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Back in black (soon)

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Todays build was also another flashfloppy pcb but for the Tatung Einstein. It uses the 3” drive but the drive is different to the CPC and Spectrum Its slightly bigger and also its an Edge connector like on 5.25” PC Drives All works, and yes will print a black case for it Cases still need tweaking

Showing the Flashfloppy PCB for the Einstein that uses Edge Connector

Showing the Flashfloppy PCB installed in the Tatung Einstein

Showing the front of the Tatung Einstein with new Flashfloppy installed

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Today built myself a specific CPC 3” drive flashfloppy pcb with sdcard and jog wheel.

CFDFF PCB for the 3” drives that go in the CPC or Spectrum +3

CFDFF PCB for the 3” drives fitted in the Amstrad CPC 6128

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Rebuilt my Laser Active Remote with new PCB as the old one was Battery Damaged. Transferred all the old components and it Works!

Using the new Laser Active Remote to open the drawer.

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Ian Scott @polpo.org · 29/01/2026

The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

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PicoIDE

An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Fancy building a miniITX Einstein, well now you can 😁

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Need a new Acorn A3000 Motherboard because yours is battery damaged, Back in stock at Rob’s new store. He also has some Amiga 500++’s boards too lectronz.com/products/aco...

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Acorn Archimedes A3000 Replica PCB

Acorn A3000 replica Printed Circuit Board

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The Remote Control i got with the Laser Active was badly corroded by batteries. So only one thing for it 😂

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Made myself some specific flashfloppy pcb’s.

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I got this yesterday Torch CPN. Basically a bbc micro with custom rom by torch to do cpm stuff with the Torch z80 communicator card, and also has modem for prestel stuff. Took the beeb stuff out (issue 7) and works, i did hook up a gotek and played snake on it 🤣 (has a speech chip too)

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Got some Junk PC Engines from Japan, one of them is a Rusty Boy, So put it in the buzzy bath first….

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I think i am getting the hang of FreeCad. Made an adjustable Flash Floppy case, using one of the various flash floppy PCB’s i have. Not published yet as i need to order and test.

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

miniITX Einstein Chuckie Egg version anyone 😂

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Chrissy The Retro Scamp @chris-jh.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Max Repo board, Initial build, it works!

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