Amstrad Mega PC - Restoration and Repair | Trash to Treasure (2/4)

[@RMCRetro]

Thanks for watching. Please don't encourage Alan or he'll be back for part 3 😂 If you enjoy my content and would like to show support for The Cave then here's how you can help: ● Support RMC on Patreon: www.patreon.com/RetroManCave ● Treat me to a Coffee with Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/retromancave ● Leave a tip on Paypal: paypal.me/RetroManCave Thank you! Neil - RMC

[@josso1]

think you forgot to link to swindon computer museums site, can't see it

[@josso1]

oh nvm it's actually in the video

[@keropiprojects]

great vid, if you make the disk images where will they be available? thanks!

[@katpea2359]

A Dragon 32 and a Rubix Cube!!! I'm literally in fucking tears of laughter 😹😹

[@ShadowTheHedgehog85]

I encourage him... Because Woolworth still exists..... In Germany. 😜

[@shelby3822]

Dunno why but I think Alan's voice dictating what LGR should check out whilst thrifting would be an absolute hoot

[@RMCRetro]

oh lord I would watch that all day 😂

[@baitsnatcha]

@@dryphtyr Indeed.

[@seymansey]

I remember quite vividly seeing one of these in Dixon’s in the ‘90s and being bowled over at seeing the combo of a PC and a MegaDrive.

[@Turnbull50]

I really like your attention to the tiniest detail, always interesting watch you and I like your sense of humour

[@enigma776]

That monitor is surprisingly good. Nice and clear and a good image quality.

[@bruwin]

It certainly shows off how good megadrive games can look.

[@VSigma725]

@Michael O Callaghan The operative word here is "nice quality" though. A lot of CRT monitors were absolute crap, only used because they were cheap or came bundled with the machine.

[@TheMalMeninga]

Loving the Alan Sugar impression. :D

[@Doobie3010]

Yup,shame we cant feel the absolute feral-moneygrubbing-ness of the A.Sugar!

[@DoRC]

Retract the glass fibers almost all the way in and use the end to abrade. It works much better.

[@benlawrence7527]

your recapping videos are very calming to me. Keep up the content, fan of the cave.

[@DubiousEngineering]

Awww... now I see how much work you put into this... not just the refurbishment, the video, editing and voiceovers too! ... the detail is epic! :)

[@johnknight9150]

Have to admit, a Sharp X68k you can play while cooking a pasty sounds like a winner to me.

[@005AGIMA]

Oddly Amstrad are the ONLY PC's I hold any Nostalgia for. My first PC, for which I had to sell my Amiga 500, was a used Amstrad 386DX which I believe would have been the PC2386-65, which looked like a tank, and was cursed with proprietary Keyboard and mouse connections (for the love of God). But now, it's the only old PC I'm on the look out for to re-buy.

[@WarriorRazor]

My very first PC was an Amstrad MegaPC back in 1993, had a bigger 80MB hard disk too IIRC. I loved that machine, we later sold it to one of my Dad's work friends, I wish I'd have kept it. I can confirm mine came with Windows 3.0, which we upgraded to 3.1- I spent hours in Coral Draw playing with the car templates.

[@angushodge1]

RMC, a interdental brush is quite good for getting into the pcb nooks and crannies to clean up corrosion, dirt etc. Plastic ones can also be used for delicate areas. Love the channel.

[@RMCRetro]

That's a great tip thank you

[@TheResistorNetwork]

This is a well produced and written video. Nice work on the restoration. Looking forward to Part 3!

[@gamedoutgamer]

Great show, RMC! Inside the floppy connector there may be remaining corrosion, despite cleaning it externally. Would suggest using a new one. Also the power connector on the motherboard might have some remaining underneath and inside as well. Just FYI, white vinegar is known to be hard on the copper traces and there are other solutions specifically designed for this purpose. Electrolube Safewash 2000 ESWA400H 400ML I think is the stuff. Then Electrolube Saferinse 2000 afterwards, iirc. Then you might consider some 'conformal coating' (MG chemicals) to protect the board and chips from further oxidation. Watched the whole video. Well done!! The sega side of the machine is great! VGA video output is a treat.

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you that's some really constructive feedback and I appreciate you taking the time to share it. I'll take a look into these, if it can help my methods and viewers then I'll be stocking up!

[@MrEmperorApples]

I love the humor of any videos of yours involving Sir Allen M. Sugar!

[@colinbaldwin3278]

Another fantastic quality video!! I can't wait for the next. Tell Alan, I bought ALL of his PC's.

[@dykodesigns]

I remember once seeing an Amstrad Mega PC in a shop. I thought it was quite a neat concept. Sadly it didn’t really become mainstream but idea to merge a console with a pc still seams very appealling to me.

[@MordecaiWalfish]

man this series is so cool. thanks for sharing your experience with this oddity!

[@RMCRetro]

You're welcome and thanks for watching

[@MegaManNeo]

Gotta say it again, I'd love to have a machine like this, especially back then. Glad to see you made it functioning again!

[@peachflavored]

These videos are awesome and very informative, thanks for all your work and dedication in preserving these old systems. And bring Alan back for part 3! 🤣

[@RMCRetro]

Alan will be back, he's getting quite big headed with all this attention

[@amigoamiga9254]

I don't know what's more amazing the Amstrad branded Joypad or the WHSmith Floppy box. It's a nice machine, and the fact you could switch from one mode to the next without losing any data was a smart move.

[@MrDuncl]

Amigo Amiga If you watch the Micro-Men docudrama (available on KZbin) you will see that WH Smith were one of the main retailers of 8 bit computers and software. I'm trying to think whether Dixons (who also sold computers) sold software. If they did it wasn't a very big range.

[@dj_paultuk7052]

Love seeing that Acorn Electron in the background in all your videos. Such fond memories of that machine. I wrote so many programmes on the electron and it helped me get my A in O level Computer Studies.

[@Di3mondDud3]

MOAR ALAN. This video was chill and hilarious on swapping occasions

[@RMCRetro]

Alan is back in part 3 😂

[@Di3mondDud3]

@@RMCRetro lets hope he isnt too angry about your box stunt

[@StarDustForge]

Heres an idea for the battery: put them inside a sealed plastic container inside the case. A small tupperware box should work, just cut some holes for the cables and seal it up with hot glue. Then you can tie, velcro or glue the container down so it doesnt rattle around. That should be way more conviniend than an external battery.

[@RMCRetro]

That's not a bad idea but I have an idea for it which I'll share in a future episode if it works as planned

[@FOIL_FRESH]

i gotta fix up a few capacitors and your work is much needed help, cheers bud!

[@mcg6762]

A suggestion is to tin the exposed tracks with solder using solder braid before applying the protective paint.

[@anthonykearney608]

A friend of mine had the mega pc when we were teenagers. That analogue joystick is more comfortable than it looks. We spent hours playing f15 strike Eagle 2 with it

[@desther7975]

I found a couple of floppy disk holders just like that one at a garage sale recently! Funny seeing that here. Mine are branded Fellowes.

[@serpentza]

Very nice mate!

[@RMCRetro]

Cheers! Alan says he loves your channel

[@welshparamedic]

You are obviously quite skilled with the soldering side of things, I know it's not part of your normal remit but why not a 'in depth' short tutorial on soldering capacitors and de-soldering them, the best equipment to use etc....just a thought, I have some old PC 'ABIT' motherboards which i practice on but despite my best attempts, I am nowhere near the skill level of your good self or indeed Mr Sugar too! Thanks again for a informative and very inspirational channel! As an ex paramedic now pensioned off, I have plenty of time to be 'inspired' b y channels on YT.......At the risk of embarrassing you, I have to say You are perhaps the most professional channel on retro tech computing. Once again, Thank you 'RetroManCave"

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you for the kind words. I try to share a little of my techniques in each video without repeating too much from previous ones... It's a fine line because everyone does things a little differently so it can quickly result in a comment section filled with "you're wrong do it this way". That being said I will consider it, if I heavily caveat it with a disclaimer that this is my way take it or leave it...people might be more forgiving. Something for me to ponder thank you

[@scienceoutthere]

I've watched something like 30 of your videos in the last year. They are awesome. Shame on me for taking this long to subscribe. Well done!

[@RMCRetro]

Oh wow thank you for watching, hopefully in that time you've seen some progress in the quality!

[@scienceoutthere]

@@RMCRetro I think I started on the Amiga 1500 T2T, and honestly it was already top notch! You know what really hooked me though is your studio. Super jealous! You really ought to be way ahead of Tech Connections, LGR, and 8 bit guy, even Techmoan. Much more entertaining, better paced, informative and so well put together. You really are putting them all to shame. Put em all on notice.

[@RMCRetro]

Aww that's kind thank you. They are all great guys, I'm a patron to LGR and love Techmoan especially. To be mentioned in the same comment is very kind.

[@GameHammerCG]

Woah, Amstrad branded Windows disks? The original Mega-PC didn’t come with Windows! This must be a very late Mega-PC. That’s *not* normal. Counterpoint is the interface the computer used to come with.

[@mooseblaster]

Yeah, can confirm that my Mega PC I had as a kid in Dec 1993 did NOT have Windows, simply DOS 5 and Counterpoint. One thing I did do as an upgrade on the original 386 was to replace it with (I believe) a Kingston TurboChip TC366-400, which was an AMD K6-2 sitting in a Socket 5 adapter. It offered a decent speed boost, although I expect both that and the Evergreen Spectra command a high price nowadays).

[@MrDuncl]

I wonder if they were bundled, or a separate purchase from the local Amstrad store. Yes in Bournemouth we had an Amstrad store in a similar way to the Samsung store we have today. I'm not sure if it was official or (more likely) a computer shop that had decided to specialise in nothing but Amstrad in a similar manner to the Amiga store which also existed a couple of miles away.

[@littlemuchty]

Yeah, I am pretty sure it was never supplied with Windows as standard. I received mine, a late model sold through Tandy for the discounted price of £499 as they couldn't shift them, DOS 5 and Counterpoint was your lot. I used to spend ages getting Counterpoint setup just right with links to my applications and games...oh the memories! And that joystick that was supplied with the system was the work of the devil :P

[@GameHammerCG]

Richard Burgess Editing and re-editing icons in Counterpoint was sometimes more interesting than playing the games! And yes, the joystick was awful. Such a major design flaw - the calibration sliders are right where your hand will be during gameplay!

[@lemagreengreen]

Seem to remember cheap keyboards of that era all coming with that sort of plastic cover, pretty impressed someone kept one!

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Good job. That looked like a lot of work. I'd like to see you service a PC-98.

[@StudioBebopUSA]

I can't believe you managed to get Alan Sugar back for another episode :O

[@geezerdiamond]

Just a thought on the monitor front, if you’re not too precious about it being a CRT, there are a few older Dell LCDs that sync down to 15Khz

[@WiggysanWiggysan]

Fantastic detailed restoration Mr RMC. Top work as always.

[@RETROCENGO]

Great video, really enjoyed watching you giving this board some love/care. Well done RMC👍🏻

[@RMCRetro]

Hey thanks! 🖒🖒

[@heberdua]

We used to have a Woolworth where I live, I remember those. Great video !

[@MrDuncl]

Duane Hebert Every town in Britain had a Woolworths. A sad loss. If you read the details on the Woolworths Museum web site it is interesting ti read that any investor in Woolworths (UK) would have done very well. In the mid 1980s they decided to invest in DIY buying some small chain of shops called B&Q.

[@ForgottenLore]

Brilliant restoration! :D

[@alexsutton85]

Great videos, I remember seeing these advertised in magazines like GamesMaster and such! I've been messing around with the emulation for the Mega PC which is included in PCEM these days, although for obvious reasons it only emulates the PC side of the machine. Looking forward to part 3

[@jayslittleprojects1431]

Nice work on the main board. it looks really good

[@yorgle]

I've got one of those slidey disk holders. they work best if you grab on the sides/edges of the disk rather than the top.

[@chaoticsignal]

Had one of these back in the day it was the best picture you could get from a Megadrive. So sad to see a part of my youth so yellowed but I haven't fared much better. It definitely came with Windows, I think the GUI you have seen is a program that came with the computer. You could create shortcuts to programs I had lots of fun customising it!

[@RMCRetro]

Yellowing will be fixed in part 3! And I've installed Counterpoint... It's quite simplistic but better than a batch menu I guess.

[@chaoticsignal]

@@RMCRetro Awesome, can't wait to see it all cleaned up ☺️

[@user-pi5xz5je4y]

I'd watch a KZbin channel that comprised solely of that Alan Sugar impression. It's hilarious.

[@adampoll4977]

Can't wait for the next installment of Mr Sugar ;)

[@michaelsworkshop9031]

Neil - that silver Samsung LCD monitor you had been using in past videos as a bench monitor is frequently capable of 15khz AND 31khz analog video using the same 15-pin "VGA-style" port. I had mentioned this on a past video's comments as a possible solution to another retro machine needing a screen. See if yours will display both frequencies of video - supposedly some will and some won't depending on the revision date of the boards inside that Samsung used. Great video!

[@RMCRetro]

Hey Michael, it's a great little monitor as it supports sync on green so works with some of the workstation grade machines like the NeXT Station and the Octane, but it doesn't support 15Khz I've given it a go in the past. I do now have the MegaPC working with my own monitor though and am just editing ep3 to show you

[@michaelsworkshop9031]

OK very good - keep your eyes out for others if you see them in your travels - they're versatile, even just with the ports onboard (mine has svideo and composite alongside DVI and VGA). There is also a website (15khz dot wikidot dot com) that tracks known 15khz and multisync compatible screens -- very handy for checking monitors when you are shopping used gear for finding true multisync screens that are useful in this way (for both 15 and 31). Best wishes.

[@twmbarlwmstar]

That desoldering gun is cool. I wish I needed one I make d with the USB MINI TS100 Digital which is great as it has no cable, using a ceramic bit/tip which holds in the heat, there's a battery as well. But it is only for light work, I have to get out a mains iron for anything older than 2012.

[@MelsvanWees]

This is my favorite retro computer channel!!

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you! This is my favourite comment!

[@GameHammerCG]

Yes, the dust cover came with the keyboard.

[@TheGamingMuso]

I need to get some desoldering equipment, and some skills! Loving this mate, friend of mine once had one of these! Was actually my first experience of playing a Megadrive game!

[@LeftoverBeefcake]

Once you get a desoldering gun, you'll wonder how you've lived without one for so long. The only downside is the long shipping time if you order direct from China.

[@SergiuszRoszczyk]

Not sure if they have any historical value but I would just replace goldpins rather than cleaning them.

[@RobertLaneTech]

A tip for your battery extender leads, add a drop of super glue at the point where the wires split and then add a small piece of shrink tube to prevent accidental separation.

[@herbiehusker1889]

We need more Alan Sugar cameos in these videos.

[@RMCRetro]

Oh don't worry he's back in part 3 and he'' be asking for you hybrid ideas on Twitter tomorrow for his next rap. twitter.com/theretromancave

[@TheTurnipKing]

@@RMCRetro you need a puppet

[@mrquija]

Hey man can you help me? i just bought one of these Amstrad 386sx but it didn't come with a monitor, which monitor can i use? Can you recommend anything for me? I am desperate and i can't find any answers online :( Thanks

[@DrLilo]

Now do a PAL to NTSC region switch mod on the mega drive :)

[@colinjohnston8519]

Why would he do that?

[@tomicarr90]

Awesome as always, rather interesting machine there. Can't believe you got Lord Sir Alan Sugar on! Love it :D

[@NorthWay_no]

Talking about tools, do you have a link to an affordable chip(rom) puller? Not the simple two hook ones, but the"facehugger" like things.

[@RetroSK3L3]

Almost too scared to admit this, but I owned a Mega PC it was my upgrade from a Commodore 64. The sad thing is, I took it up to the tip only 2 a couple of years ago thinking it would be no good. Who knew that a year or two later I would get back into the Retro hobby and seriously regret throwing it all away!! hey ho, you live and learn.

[@draggonhedd]

Dell LCD monitors from the early 2000s will support a 15khz rgb signal and auto switch over the HD15 connector. This has been confirmed with the Dell 2000fp. Lots of NEC multisync and syncmaster monitors will support the same thing as well. Usually, if the PC LCD has an SVIDEO or Composite input, it will also support 15khz RGB over the VGA port. Just try as many as you can and see what happens. There are loads 15khz.wikidot.com/ (Thanks Simon Walker for the link)

[@kanalnamn]

Dell 2001fp is the go-to monitor in the Amiga community. (Also handles interlaced signals.VGA / composite / DVI. Perhaps even s-video, I can't remember.)

[@AaronRedding]

about 20 years ago I did technical support for British telecom from a at&t call center for dsl modems ... this was actually pretty common

[@ganniterix]

Incredible stuff!! This weird kind of marriage between different hardware is unthinkable with today's copy and paste designs.

[@RobA500]

The Amstrad PC’s I’ve seen and used back in the day I had to try and sell them came with GEM rather than Windows.

[@echosmith6092]

hi, it's me Geoff Dj.ECHO aka FREE-JACK

[@dadovintage8079]

Good evening, I have a problem with my Amstrad Mega Pc 386 SX. Unfortunately the images of the PC part do not show the BLUE color, sometimes even some colors change, instead the part of the megadrive works perfectly, which chip or which part should I check? If it has failed, how many chips are there to spare? I await news, thanks.

[@Sinisteve]

Top work this matey, you heading to revival this weekend? Microvitec made a range of trisync monitors for PC and Amiga can’t you use one of those? I’ve got an m1438s, fantastic picture

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you! Yes I will be there on Saturday pottering about please say hello if you see me!

[@Tempora158]

19:18 The Mega CD isn't just a CD drive, so adding an internal CD drive to this Amstrad isn't enough. It's basically a whole second console with a CD drive that attaches to the Mega Drive that cost more than the Mega Drive itself.

[@Davey656]

Alan Sugar impressions SO accurate!!

[@Skaera75b]

*grabs cat* *opens beer* ..... Bliss.

[@bnerd1]

i find this thing so wild a pc and a console combined

[@RETRONuts]

I believe Cliff Lawson helped make the Mega PC he made the Amstrad Emailer firmware ,he worked for Amstrad for 25 years and worked on most of the Amstrad PCs, and CPC 464 and 6128 too,he left when Sky took it over in 2007. You should be able to use a Sega Mega Drive 6 Button controller.

[@frigbychilwether]

Hi, one of the most interesting things was the fact the PC was called "Mummy's Computer". Telling the kids who had just finished playing on mega drive not to do mess around with it.

[@povilasstaniulis9484]

Lovely old computer. A true piece of computing oddware. I wonder if the Sega unit would work with the 32X addon (if you could get it to fit somehow). @22:39 They still make new NiCd batteries ? I bet a NiMH battery would have worked fine as a replacement since the system most likely uses trickle-charging.

[@samsulummasamsulumma6898]

Yay! The exciting follow up! Thanks for the great material!

[@jongant4937]

Great vid, Neil! I liked the more off-the-cuff parts (might you say ad-lib'd??) as you come across really well. I did get mild ptsd from the sight of crappy old crt's that I had to lump around large buildings in my IT youth.

[@Ben_3113]

I remember seeing them for sale but never saw one in the flesh outside of a store

[@djkoelkast]

You could use the BenQ BL912 or BL702A monitor, it's a modern LED monitor, correct aspect ratio and it supports 15KHz out of the box, they aren't expensive (around € 100 in NL) and I love to use them on my Amigas (with just a simple RGB to VGA plug). 2 things on this video though: 1 that disk holder is a "diskette stairs", you have to put it on your desk as if a little man can walk up to it, like it's a staircase. Also you have to pull the disks out by the sides, with thumb and index finger. Not by rubbing on the label (as the label will wear out then). It was something everybody had (at least here in The Netherlands) in the 90's. 2nd and final thing: your audio lost sync half way on the video. At the end it's ok back again. Greetings!

[@SteDubya]

Very nice comprehensive video. I have the same disk box with windows 3.11.

[@mmcplus1947]

Double molten cheese sandwich + This video =THE ULTIMATE RMC COMPUTER RESTORATION EXPERIENCE

[@RMCRetro]

This is the approved way to view. Thank you.

[@danielbenton4977]

Love the videos! I retrieved my Mega PC from dad's garage where it had been for at least the last 20+ years. The PC doesn't display, though that may be the battery leakage issue, but after several attempts the Mega Drive side of it works, albeit with no sound. When I plug in headphones and you can hear a very faint sound of things like Sonic collecting rings etc, but no music. Any suggestions?

[@bwganblack9]

Neil dealing with Alan reminded me of Tony Hart and Morph...

[@RMCRetro]

Morph spoke more sense 😂

[@Doobie3010]

Wow! that amstrad Joystick reminded me of those old Saitek Joysticks from Suncom-very similar style!

[@Ouch.]

Really enjoying the videos.....Even the dodgy Clive Sinclair impresions.

[@RMCRetro]

I know Clive and I share the same hair and beard but I swear I'm not doing an impression of him 😂

[@MarcusTDM]

Made me laugh when you said clean it up with some IPA!

[@Rip-Van-Tinkle]

Enjoyed that! Some novel ideas from Alan... I know they say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but Alan was looking a little flat in this episode mate, having said that I think he'd turned the page by the end.... everyone loves to get booked into the cave! And some doubted it was the real Alan, I think they only have them shelf to blame.

[@RMCRetro]

One of these puns features in episode 3. You should write some scripts for me Pete 😂

[@Rip-Van-Tinkle]

😂 I always carry a few spare puns if you ever need one 😆... all the way through episode 3 I'm going to be looking out for it now! 😁

[@TedSeeber]

So did the monitor connector have extra pins for the audio? It looked like a typical VGA connector to me, which doesn't typically carry audio.

[@RMCRetro]

Some of the pins which are usually ground have been reused for audio

[@kins749]

Hello to Alan and thanks for those great ideas at the end, some of those could have worked

[@DominatorHDX]

Why go through the trouble of cleaning the HDD an FDD connectors? You can get new double row 2.54mm header strips for only a few cents. Great vid btw 😉

[@Lorfarius]

Because it's a restoration and if you can keep stuff as close to the original build it's always better!

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

@Lorfarius New clean strips are identical. There is nothing special about them.

[@Lorfarius]

@@FindecanorNotGmail The ones that were on were put on in the 90's. If that stuff works and you don't have to replace it, always best not to. All part of preservation.

[@davidwithnalll2987]

Lots of Amstrads came with Gem. It was indeed a weird GUI interface

[@eightzerofour9957]

lol Australian thumbs up, shout outs from Australia Mate xD

[@DeadReckon]

I'm actually quite glad someone put Alan in a box... I also find it quite amusing that we've come full circle with gaming consoles where, starting with the Xbox almost 20 years ago now, they basically use PC hardware modified to only run closed source software. The Xbox used a Pentium 4 or Celeron CPU. Nowadays they're truly just becoming closed source PC's, which I find to be utterly strange, though amusing certainly. I game on PC however, and my Silverstone Milo ML08B ITX case makes my PC the size of a console, but much more powerful with a GTX 1070 and a core i5 4570 crammed inside with 16 gigs of RAM. Who else misses the day when your PC could sit nicely under your monitor, when it didn't have to be a giant lurking tower under or on the desk?

[@RMCRetro]

I'm with you. I recently backed the Checkmate 1500+ case so I can return to the desktop form factor at home it was a lovely way to work although towers obviously offer easier airflow at a lower cost for our monstrous GPUs now

[@DeadReckon]

@@RMCRetro Yeah, that case looks really cool. Although, my Silverstone ML08B, though lacking a retro look, does have sufficient venting and space for a full sized GPU. I've never seen my EVGA GTX 1070 (With a bunch of other annoying acronyms like SC, FTW, and so on that I can't be bothered to remember) get above 73C. Warm, but no where near the thermal throttling. My solid state and hard drive both get a bit warm seeing as they sit on the metal separating the GPU from the rest of the system. Compromises, I suppose. I don't see why a case that appears old, but designed internally with modern techniques, say an old Packard Bell Legend or IBM / IBM compatible desktop model, but again with modern airflow in mind hidden behind wonderful beige plastic would have insufficient cooling with how wide the PC fan market is these days. I swear there are more fan options than any other part of the computer. Anyway, rambling mode off, keep up the great work man! Also, greetings from America. Just across the pond really, I'm only in Virginia.

[@10p6]

Awesome video, other than the Analog Joystick box opening. Please be gentle, use butter / blunt knife.

[@fortitude9932]

Awesome part 2 already great video

[@dschult3]

I love this series. Keep up the good work!

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you, working on the next episode right now. Retrobriting indoors is happening

[@random_gamer_guy82]

Does it come with blast processing?

[@ScottsGameAsylum]

i love this. i wish we could have a console inside a pc now. Okay, kind of pointless now because of emulators but man i would love to have a neo geo slot on my rig.

[@MrDuncl]

Scott's Game Asylum The silly thing is, the PS4 and XBox One are 95% PCs. In fact the other 5% is probably the copy protection hardware.

[@MrBillmcminn]

Would the Mega PC be able to run all Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games or was it region lock to only run PAL region games?

[@digital_underground]

I had an awesome analog joystick when I had a Window 3.1 computer.

[@Doobie3010]

One does wonder how much amazing and historically important tech has been binned/dumped due entirely to clumsy spillages!