Gc8tech

Hey all! Good news, I'm back home from Surgery.... but going to need a while to recover. I probably won't be on much for the next week or 2. Depends on how recovery goes. I don't want anyone to worry. :-)

Medical update. I go into surgery on 12th of this month (next week). To fix all my neck stuff. They will put me to sleep, do everthing and then wake me up. To be honest I find it all quite scary. but not much i can do. I'm not allowed to drive either. I hope for a quick recovery

Hello all! Medical update. Since Christmass break i have had to get help with the ever growing Cyst / Absys on the back of my Neck / Spine. At the moment i have to go daily to the Doc and Nurse to get it seen to. Plus a new dressing as well. As you can tell this has been disruptive to my daily work.

I want to say a big Thank You to everyone who has supported me this year! I know I have had quite a few medical issues that have slowed stuff down a bit. But 2026 should be better so I can catch up with PGM orders! I would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe Christmass!

Another IGS PGM Motherboard being modded! Almost finished :-)

More 3D Printed PGM cases being printed! Spent a long time dialling it all in! But it's finally getting there....

Another "Do Donpachi Dai-ou-jou" Cave cart on First Test. Looking good so far...

Been working on my Fujitsu Stylistic 500 on and off for the last few months.. I'm final on track to build a working unit! igspgm.com/other/index....

I have been thinking about when post resume sending packages to USA (28th). I think it would be prudent to send only 1 and make sure it gets there with NO issues. I do NOT what packages sent back or have other issues.. or i will have to pay postage twice AND delays etc...

Hello All, Its been a busy week! As you can see I have been busy printing more PGM cases on my 3D printer. Once its all dialled in.. i can just keep feeding it with Filament :-)

Well this is a great start to the week. I guess i will find out if my packages are affected when i go to the post office!

Another Ketsui Cave cart on 3rd final test. This cart is almost done...

Another "Do Donpachi Dai-ou-jou" PGM Cave cart on 2nd test....

Another PGM Cave game cart "Do Donpachi Dai-ou-jou" on first test.

I started the re-cap of the BBS's computer motherboard late last night. I had a few more caps to do this morning.. but its now done! If its going to run 24/7. It needs to be the best quality it can be. (I didn't just replace all the caps, i improved there size as well)

I hope its Jamma wired :-P

Well the dial up modems for the BBS live again! I still have to re-cap them and restore them... BUT at least they turn on :-) Its a bit tricky to work out what power supply's they need.... but its doable.

Its the end of the week... and I have been super busy as normal! I have been busy getting eproms all processed and written into complete rom sets. They are on their way to building more PGM Cave shooter carts..... It will still take another 4 to 5 weeks to complete ALL these carts.

Glad you are all OK...

Another set of Eproms have been Cleaned, Erased, Checked and Sorted. These will start programming tomorrow (Thursday/Friday)

If you have a hot air setup. you can use that to remove a pin off an old cpu and do it that way.

I'd probability check if this might be a Ground or VCC pin. If not you might be able to take a pin from an old pentium or that age cpu and replace the pin very carefully.

Its Monday... so time to process more Eproms! This takes alot of time.. but it must be done. I have to Clean, Erase, Sort and Test them before any programming happens.

Hello All, More PCBs of the PAL/GAL Brute Force dumpers have arrived! If you are keen on a set of 4, Just get in contact with me. All I ask is if you can pay for postage etc. If you need more info. I did a youtube video on them the other day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwR...

WANTED: Faulty "Single PCB" PGM games. (Especially "Road of the Sword"). I have wanted to do more work with these boards etc And generate more help / repair information based on them.... Its a side project. But i'll need a few boards to play with to move the project forward.

Good mail day, Half of the order of the Brute Force PAL/GAL dumper PCBs have arrived! Just have to wait for the other half.. More info.... see my newest YouTube video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwR...

YouTube video by GC8TECH-The-PGM-Guy- Brute Force dumping of PALs and GALs [IGSPGM.COM]

NEW YouTube video released.... On Brute Force dumping of PALs / GALs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwR...

There is a new movie based on this coming out soon, If you didn't know.

Another Health update: My hands and fingers have been so painful and stiff.. I have had to take a break from soldering Yes, typing on a keyboard / moving a mouse is painful as well. But not as bad as soldering... Thanks everyone for your understanding and support :-)

Hey Everyone! I had some time on the weekend to build the 2ND Brute Force PAL/GAL dumping PCB / Adaptor. PALs are protected and normally can't be dumped. I will be going through each PGM game cart I have and dumping ALL the PALs inside. More info is here dreamjam.co.uk/emuviews/rea...