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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/power-up-basics-virtual-boy
Power Up Basics (Nintendo Virtual Boy) - RetroSix Wiki
The Virtual Boy is portable tabletop video game console made by Nintendo. It is unique in that it looks like a modern VR headset from back in the 90s, with t...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/s-video-yc
S-Video (Y/C) - RetroSix Wiki
S-Video is a two pin connector where luminance (Y) and chroma (C) are transmitted separately . If the two signals were mixed together this forms co...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/dehum-dehiss-removing-audio-noise-from-gba-sp
Dehum Dehiss: Removing audio noise from Game Boy Advance SP - RetroSix Wiki
The Game Boy Advance SP is known to have the most audio noise of all the Game Boy consoles. Many people believed it was the amp on the GBA SP itself that was...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/board-scans-pc-engine
Board Scans (NEC PC Engine) - RetroSix Wiki
Below are board re-drawing of the layers thanks to this post .
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/1770-floppy-upgrade-bbc-micro
1770 Floppy Upgrade (Acorn BBC Micro) - RetroSix Wiki
If your floppy interface on the BBC Micro is using the 8271 you can only load 40 track disks. There is an official upgrade guide here. 📎 Acorn_1770DiscIFUpg...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/power-on-voltages-xbox-one-x
Power On Voltages (Microsoft Xbox One X) - RetroSix Wiki
If you have all the standby voltages, the next steps is to press the power button, which sends the Power Switch Enable pin low on the Southbridge (called the...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/capacitors-famicom
Capacitors (Nintendo Famicom) - RetroSix Wiki
The Nintendo Family Computer (Nintendo Famicom) is a third-generation home video game console released in Japan on July 15, 1983, the precursor to the Ninten...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/capacitors-amiga-500
Capacitors (Commodore Amiga 500) - RetroSix Wiki
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/capacitors-pc-engine
Capacitors (NEC PC Engine) - RetroSix Wiki
The NEC PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16 in North America) is a fourth-generation home video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan in Octo...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/test-mode-sega-mega-tech
Test Mode (Sega Mega-Tech) - RetroSix Wiki
Test mode can be entered only when there is at least one valid game in the slot, otherwise pressing the button does nothing. Make sure to short the Button 5V...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/cpu-8501-c16
CPU 8501 (C16) - RetroSix Wiki
The heart of the Commodore 16 is the CPU. This comes in the form of a MOS 8501. It is a modified 6510 CPU with a 7 bit data port, and a 7 pin I/O port (used ...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/button-interface-sega-mega-tech
Button Interface (Sega Mega-Tech) - RetroSix Wiki
The IC24 I/O Expander connects the SMS Z80 data pins through to the CN2 (Select Buttons) and CN4 (Player 1 buttons), via the optocouplers and multiplexers. N...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/power-and-charger-ic-ps-vita
Power & Charger IC (Sony PlayStation Vita) - RetroSix Wiki
The Vita has a power button that simply shorts the power button to ground. This button goes to the battery charger, and to the SOC. I'll detail the entire ci...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/where-is-your-stock-located
Where is your stock located? - RetroSix Wiki
All stock we sell is physically on site in our own warehouse in the UK. We do not drop ship or send from other locations. We ship direct from our own warehou...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/game-gear-shell-print
Game Gear Shell Print - RetroSix Wiki
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/dc-power-supply-atari-lynx
DC Power Supply (Atari Lynx) - RetroSix Wiki
The DC power supply for the Atari Lynx is a center positive DC jack 9V (3.5mm x 1.3mm). When there is no DC jack connected , the battery ground flows thr...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/jailbar-fix-master-system-2
Jailbar Fix (Master System 2) - RetroSix Wiki
If doing an RGB mod you may notice jailbars on the image. This is caused by the gate Array chroma clock trace (SUB OUT pin 42) running near critical RGB sign...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/board-scans-game-boy-advance
Board Scans (Nintendo Game Boy Advance) - RetroSix Wiki
3200dpi highly accurate and straightened PCB scans of the Game Boy Advance PCB Images here are 600dpi. For full size images go here
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/capacitors-cdi-350
Capacitors (CDI 350) - RetroSix Wiki
The Philips CD-i 350 is a model of the Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive) player released in the early 1990s, part of Philips' multimedia platform that ...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/power-supply-pinout-xbox-original
Power Supply Pinout (Microsoft Xbox Original) - RetroSix Wiki
For more details on the pinouts (provided below) you can also checkout https://xboxdevwiki.net/Power_Supply The power supplies for the Xbox all work in the ...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/pistorm-setup-amiga-1200
PiStorm Setup (Commodore Amiga 1200) - RetroSix Wiki
When using the PiStorm32-lite for the Amiga 1200, we need to simply plug in a Raspberry Pi 3 into the board. Physical Install The Pi connects in on the under...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/the-hayato-asic-atari-lynx-ii
The Hayato ASIC (Atari Lynx II) - RetroSix Wiki
The Hayato chip is one of two ASICs on the Atari Lynx II. The console will not operate at all without both chips present. The Hayato is clearly responsible ...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/av-pinout-pc-engine
AV Pinout (NEC PC Engine) - RetroSix Wiki
The PC Engine uses the same physical AV port as the Master System 1, Mega Drive / Genesis 1 and Neo Geo AES for the bottom 5 pins. However, unlike all of the...
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https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/fram-upgrade-sega-mega-cd
FRAM Upgrade (Sega Mega CD) - RetroSix Wiki
You can perform an upgrade on the SRAM and battery module, upgrading it to an FRAM chip , meaning you will no longer require the coin cell battery to instal...
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