Posts tagged "sony"

• April 20, 2021

  Modding a PlayStation (Eventually)

  

  I’m a little late to the whole PlayStation ownership game, but what better way to start than by attempting a modchip install? This one had some twists and turns, but ultimately ends up with me being able to play A-Train in blurry composite video.

• March 25, 2019

  Fixing the HB-101's keyboard

  

  When I first got the HB-101, its combination of small RAM and lack of any way to get software on it was a problem, sure. There was a bigger problem waiting, though: the grim spectre of an inconsistent keyboard.

• January 9, 2019

  Sony HB-101 and NEC PC-8801mkIISR pickup

  

  Japanese Santa dropped by my house earlier this week and left behind a back-shredding 40lb box of microcomputer goodness. Let’s investigate.