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14 August 2024

Cheetah “Sweet Talker” speech add-on for ZX81

Written by S11
My first computer was a ZX81, even at the time it was rather outdated and only one other person at school had one, but it’s what we could afford and I loved it. Very much a hobby / enthusiast...
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General
15 July 2024

Nichibutsu X-Rate DVD system footage (NSFW)

Written by S11
The X-Rate system very similar to the High Rate system, but the IDE control / video playback board is replaced with a board which controls a DVD player via IR pulses, similar to the much older VHS and Laserdisc...
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Arcade, Games
13 July 2024

Blog restored

Written by S11
Well it’s back, but I had to update loads of components and replace the theme, everything is “kind of there” but I need to fix all the video links by hand one article at a time and check all...
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General
04 January 2024

Iskra 122 (12x?) series calculators – PCB expander / transit board

Written by S11
The Iskra 122 is a 1970s-80s Russian industrial & scientific calculator which uses nixie tube displays.  I’ve repaired and restored a couple, but one PCB I’ve been struggling to fix.  Since the board live in a densely packed cage...
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Tech / Repair
15 October 2023

Hardware macro click mouse with variance (Nikke)

Written by S11
There are plenty of mice with macro functionality on the market, some very precise or with full step sequences, but none that I can find allow you to add variance and if you ask the companies or on support...
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Games, Tech / Repair
29 May 2022

Toshiba SD-B100 DVD information / service / repair

Written by S11
The Toshiba SD-B100 DVD player is the model used by Seibu CATS video mahjong systems (and some Konami bemani games), it’s a broadcast quality unit actually designed by Sanko supporting serial control.  There’s an IR receiver present but as...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
15 May 2022

Old scans added to the archive

Written by S11
I found some scans I hadn’t actually processed and uploaded from before the scanner failed – just added them!  
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Arcade
21 April 2022

Irem (ELNA) capacitor update – Madonna cabs

Written by S11
If you have an Irem Madonna cabinet you’ll find that there’s a credit board clipped to the left side of the coin box casing – M79. It’s got the same problem as the game boards, two were bad on...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
22 January 2022

Y2 System JAMMA to Mahjong adapter reproductions

Written by S11
There’s a very rare Mahjong game for the Y2 system called Higurashi No Nako Koroni Jan, because the system is JAMMA native an adapter is needed for you to play the game on a Mahjong panel.  The game can...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
08 December 2021

Capcom CPS Q-Sound case cap repros

Written by S11
Well thanks to Franco on the Arcade Otaku forum, we’ve put together reproductions for those often missing screw caps on CPS Q-Sound cases. These usually go missing when they are opened up to be desuicided, battery swapped, or as...
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