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    #932
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    The Last Bandit wrote: »
    What exactly doesn't work ? Are the controls connected to player 1 harness ?

    Up down left right and no buttons work.

    So I have 18,19,20,21 connected to the joystick for up down left right. And grounds are all good with continuity.

    In just testing before I put them all in the cab in the warmth of my house before I go to the cold man shed :(


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    #933
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    and the coin switch 16? or is it set to free play?
    DS2 3-on(freeplay)


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    #934
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    CathalDublin wrote: »
    and the coin switch 16? or is it set to free play?
    DS2 3-on(freeplay)

    Yeah figured that coin switch wasn't connected correctly. It's has a white connector on it. See attached.
    Pardon my crude way of testing.

    That 60 in 1 PCB Won't let you move joysticks or buttons until you coin up !

    All good now, thanks Cathal.

    In other news, got the Control Panel stripped. Really wanted to keep the Silverline artwork on it but it was wrecked. Also the old button locations didnt give me much option for 6 buttons per player. So have a new CP being made for €10.

    Anyone know how I could get a replacement Silverline CP sticker?


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    #935
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    finaly av moded my Famicom. some jail bars left but it's well manageable. I'll tinker a bit more to see if I can remove them some more.
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    Have to play it on a flatscreen though as my CRT TV monitor doesn't support NTSC. Anyone know where I could source a good monitor for it ?


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    #936
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,410 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Apparently a CRT helps with that problem. When Myrddin modded my Famicom apparently it had jail bars on his LCD. However I've only used it with CRTs and haven't noticed any at all.


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    #937
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Apparently a CRT helps with that problem. When Myrddin modded my Famicom apparently it had jail bars on his LCD. However I've only used it with CRTs and haven't noticed any at all.

    Yep I remember that, the pics are in my sig somewhere. I got the jailbars reduced a lot in the end, but the crt seems to have taken care of the rest


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    #938
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    not worried to much about the jail bars, they'll go once I fine tune the mod, but I need to find an NTSC compatible TV. weren't most "modern" once compatible ?


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    #939
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,410 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    They are indeed. Be worth picking up a later model Sony Trinitron.


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    #940
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,801 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    The good brands seem to support it it. A good Philips or Sony will do the trick. Cheap ****e like a black diamond won't.
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    #941
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Slowly getting this Silverline back to its best.

    Still monitor woes, closer though.

    http://tinypic.com/r/2hrhiz9/8


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    #942
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Slowly getting this Silverline back to its best.

    Still monitor woes, closer though.

    http://tinypic.com/r/2hrhiz9/8

    What's up with the monitor edd? Did you make contact with gunblade/grantspain for advice and repair?


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    #943
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    TechnoFreek wrote: »
    What's up with the monitor edd? Did you make contact with gunblade/grantspain for advice and repair?

    Hey TF,

    Yeah I sent the board to him, so it's better now.
    He recapped everything, added two pots that were broken.

    I'm learning a lot.
    Had to turn down the screen voltage to fix that issue.
    http://tinypic.com/r/11rzxvt/8

    Still a bit dim, and my greens are looking a bit yellow.
    Gunblade has been answering all my questions but a bit stumped now.

    Any ideas?


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    #944
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Hey TF,

    Yeah I sent the board to him, so it's better now.
    He recapped everything, added two pots that were broken.

    I'm learning a lot.
    Had to turn down the screen voltage to fix that issue.
    http://tinypic.com/r/11rzxvt/8

    Still a bit dim, and my greens are looking a bit yellow.
    Gunblade has been answering all my questions but a bit stumped now.

    Any ideas?

    If Grant has repaired the chassis and assuming it and the monitor are ok is it not just case of adjusting your brightness and colour settings?
    Have yet to follow this guide but surely worth a shot.

    http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/How_to_Correctly_Set_Up_Monitor_Colours_and_Brightness


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    #945
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    TechnoFreek wrote: »
    If Grant has repaired the chassis and assuming it and the monitor are ok is it not just case of adjusting your brightness and colour settings?
    Have yet to follow this guide but surely worth a shot.

    http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/How_to_Correctly_Set_Up_Monitor_Colours_and_Brightness

    Yep gone through that guide alright.
    I'm not defeated just yet. I'll have another crack at it tomorrow,
    May do a thread of the restoration process.

    Any suggestions on button layouts?
    Im thinking a 6 button version of the sega layout.
    http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html


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    #946
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    Is that process easy enough to follow?

    Yeah, if you're going six button that layout is standard enough


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    #947
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    TechnoFreek wrote: »
    Is that process easy enough to follow?

    Yeah, if you're going six button that layout is standard enough

    Yeah standard process I guess, turn everything off and slowly turn them on in sequence.
    Slightly adjusting everything as you look at the screen with a mirror quickly educates you :)

    Have a replacement metal CP ready to be drilled, €10 exact same shape and size as the last one


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    #948
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Corholio sent me his Snes to mod (Region mod, 50/60Hz mod, & cart slot mod). I'm not a fan of the cart slot mod, ever, but how & ever...

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    #949
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    I modded the cart slot on my spare SNES too, wouldn't do it on my minter though, cheaper than importing a US console.


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    #950
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,410 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Haha, you must have cried when doing that mod :D

    How'd you cut the plastic back as a matter of interest?


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    #951
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Haha, you must have cried when doing that mod :D

    Yeah not a big fan of the cart slot mod at all. It's a spare Snes though where aesthetics don't matter to Corholio so I said feck it, may as well.
    How'd you cut the plastic back as a matter of interest?

    Strip down the top half of the shell, remove all the buttons so it's just the grey plate left. Mark it out against a US cart, & use a combination of a small hacksaw, a stanley knife & some fine sandpaper


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    #952
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Nice work, I have a spare snes.
    Might get on this.

    If I do the region mod, Can I then play NTSC on my PAL everdrive?


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    #953
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,102 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Nice work, I have a spare snes.
    Might get on this.

    If I do the region mod, Can I then play NTSC on my PAL everdrive?

    The everdrive should play ROMs from any region.


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    #954
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    1hqkpl.jpg
    Mother of god but he posted a picture of a Snes hooked up to a flat panel display and didn't beg forgiveness....
    What sort of A&R forum are we running here?
    Don't we have standards?


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    #955
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    The everdrive should play ROMs from any region.

    Really.... Hmmm


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    #956
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    1hqkpl.jpg
    Mother of god but he posted a picture of a Snes hooked up to a flat panel display and didn't beg forgiveness....
    What sort of A&R forum are we running here?
    Don't we have standards?

    I'm sure it was because we all knew that he was testing a modded snes , not for his own.


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    #957
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,801 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I thought Evil Within was the biggest aspect ratio crime I'd see all month :'(
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    #958
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I thought Evil Within was the biggest aspect ratio crime I'd see all month :'(

    Don't worry I don't play consoles on that tv...it was just the closest one to hand for testing purposes. I actually don't have any 4:3 or crt tv's set up at the moment for reasons of space saving...& as such, most of my retro collection is in storage for the time being.


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    #959
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,102 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Myrddin wrote: »
    Don't worry I don't play consoles on that tv...it was just the closest one to hand for testing purposes. I actually don't have any 4:3 or crt tv's set up at the moment for reasons of space saving...& as such, most of my retro collection is in storage for the time being.

    And the angled picture is also appreciated, gotta watch those reflections. ;)


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    #960
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    And the angled picture is also appreciated, gotta watch those reflections. ;)

    If this was NCIS we'd have his car reg and everything....
    Or maybe this...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHepKd38pr0


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    #961
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    Myrddin wrote: »
    Corholio sent me his Snes to mod (Region mod, 50/60Hz mod, & cart slot mod). I'm not a fan of the cart slot mod, ever, but how & ever...

    29mk3ef.jpg

    2h4dlro.jpg

    25pibd4.jpg

    1hqkpl.jpg

    Big thanks to Myrddin for doing this. Got it back today and it's great work. Enjoyed playing 'Captain Commando' today for first time in ages.

    You could have left the Terranigma cart in if you wanted you know....just saying :pac::pac:


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