Tag Archives: computer archaeology

Trying to fix the sound of my Sega Game Gear — part 2

Posted on February 6, 2009 by robert

I was lucky :-) It seems the guys at Sega just replaced the 470µF capacitors shown in the reference setup for the TDM2822M dual amplifier with 47µF ones. Other people have had problems with these too, so I just pulled … Continue reading →

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Trying to fix the sound of my Sega Game Gear — part 1

Posted on February 3, 2009 by robert

Last time I turned it on, I didn’t get the usual boot-up sound of ‘Seeeeegaaaaa’. There’s a little chip next to the earphone plug. I haven’t checked yet, but I suspect it’s some kind of amplifier. So I’ll warm up … Continue reading →

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Computer archaeology

Posted on October 30, 2008 by robert

Today, while cleaning out documents, I found a some old things and really ‘prehistoric’ ones: Read closely, 64kb were once enough, even for DOS. Or: “Why is MS-DOS so important :-)”. There’s a PDF with 8 more pages. This seems … Continue reading →

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