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ManCloud (Chris)

@mancloud.bsky.social

Retro Gamer, Modder and Engineer by heart! The-New-Retro@Discord https://discord.gg/z8G3sbTxqu

81 Followers  |  26 Following  |  16 Posts  |  Joined: 18.10.2024  |  1.6177

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This huge "romhack" definitely deserved a physical copy 😁
Took a Conkers BfD Repro, added an UltraCIC-III 6103 so it runs on PAL as well as NTSC. Can't wait to have time to play it ❀️

17.05.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Its a real pain that the Blue sky handles are this long... It reserves to much space to Tag a single person...

Wanted to tag @bbbbbr.bsky.social as well 😁

10.04.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We just got a #MegaDuck printer! It's in very good condition and working just fine πŸ‘Œ

Therefore we can now properly trace the printer protocol, reverse it and make printing accessible for everyone 😁

Even though we then still need to figure out how to enter the 4-color mode πŸ€”

@zwenergy.bsky.social

10.04.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latest Board analysis uncovered, the #MegaDuck Laptop has a Display interface on the back.

Hooked up a TangNano4k to it and got HDMI output πŸ‘Œ

Modless HDMI for MegaDuck Laptop incoming, I guess 😁

18.03.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My German #MegaDuck Super Junior Computer looks pretty spanish right now πŸ€”

Might be because I swapped the SysRom with a freshly programmed AM29F040 flash ^^

thanks to @bbbbbr.bsky.social who gave me a dump to test πŸ‘Œ

12.03.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Need to add it's the first discrete flashcart with SRAM support. The picoDuck by @zwenergy.bsky.social has SRAM support, as well ^^

07.03.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today my 4Mbit flashes arrived.
I immediately tested them and what should I say? Success!
The first ever to exist #MegaDuck FlashCart supporting SRAM saves πŸ‘Œ

This is now a standalone DataBank Module with embedded memory.

Neat 😁

07.03.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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#MegaDuck SJC #IPS board rev2:
Realigned the FFC-Connector and added a JST-Connector for Battery Feed.
The IDC was 1<->2 swapped. Fixed πŸ‘Œ
Pretty much the final version.
OSD Controller next πŸ˜…

04.03.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#MegaDuck Flash+FRAM Cart Work log:
Part 1: FRAM
Check πŸ‘Œ
At first the flash cart caused the system to crash completely... I therefore analyzed the memory module port to find out I missed one trace... CS for FRAM is generated via A14 and CS... I only found the A14 connection first πŸ˜…

02.03.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First iteration of my #MegaDuck Flash+FRAM Cart.
Unfortunately I forgot to order the proper flash (4Mbit) but that's okay.

Should support all known mappers as well as SRAM saves.

Stay Tuned πŸ‘Œ

Big thanks to @bbbbbr.bsky.social and @zwenergy.bsky.social for help, analysis and inspiration ❀️

01.03.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I proudly present the (to my knowledge) first and only IPS Modded #MegaDuck Super Junior Computer 😁

I designed a special PCB to connect to a GBP Display from AE.

V2 in the making πŸ˜…

01.02.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
GitHub - rgrosset/pico-pwm-audio: Raspberry Pi Pico PWM Audio Project Raspberry Pi Pico PWM Audio Project. Contribute to rgrosset/pico-pwm-audio development by creating an account on GitHub.

Link to the base repo:
GitHub.com/rgrosset/pic...

11.01.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Voice-Chip of my #MegaDuck Laptop has a broken trace under the Blob... therefore i needed to come up with a replacement.
RP2040 FTW! This uses "pico-pwm-audio" by @robingrosset with a few changes to cycle through the 6 files.
Now only the CMD-IF is left πŸ‘

11.01.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to replace my MegaDuck Laptops Display with an RIPS Q5. In order to achieve this I first successfully attached a DMG Display I had lying around πŸ‘Œ
#MegaDuck #CougarBoy

09.01.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Designed my own version of #PicoNES

Wanted a PicoNES as close as possible to the NES ^^

Supports #BlueRetro incl. Controller detection as well as (probably) remote Power-ON (still to be tested).

Final Version will also replace the Β΅SD Module and with Β΅SD-Slot.

17.12.2024 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today was pre-christmas 😍 I got a lot of toys (and duties πŸ˜…) from Consoles4You . I believe I SpyderMS (codename for ViperMS programmerπŸ€ͺ) my old gbaHD-US will get a new shell as well 😍 finally: no longer missing the "D" πŸ˜‰

05.12.2024 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to my recent haul from Aliexpress, I was able to secure a replacement Spartan board. After programming the latest firmware on it, I installed it into my GBAHD and IT LIVES!!

30.11.2024 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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