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Inviere · 09-10-2018 4:50pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I am a fellow disc lover, I much prefer to use them than an anonymous bunch of files on a HDD.

Even DVD-R's apparently

o1s1n · 09-10-2018 5:01pm

I've yet to have any of my original console's lasers crap out actually. Even my PS1, which probably got by far the most use out of all of them, is still going strong.

CiDeRmAn · 09-10-2018 6:30pm

Inviere wrote: »

Even DVD-R's apparently

Well... That's all research!
And I can hardly be found lacking in the PS2 collection dept, it's just to occasional one or two that is waaay too expensive, so I can now play Ibara again!

Inviere · 09-10-2018 6:42pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Well... That's all research!
And I can hardly be found lacking in the PS2 collection dept, it's just to occasional one or two that is waaay too expensive, so I can now play Ibara again!

Ah yeah, only joking. Real cd's/discs definitely add to the experience. When it comes to DVDR's etc though, they don't do anything for me tbh. I'd rather at that stage use an HDD knowing I'm at least saving on wear and tear.

Doge · 10-10-2018 12:05am

I sorta lost interest in gaming during the PS2 era when I was in my early 20s. I think Inviere went through a similar phase.

So the laser still works fine on my phat PS2 which I still have today due to lack of use back then.

I did play it occasionally though.

Inviere · 10-10-2018 4:10pm

Doge wrote: »

I sorta lost interest in gaming during the PS2 era when I was in my early 20s. I think Inviere went through a similar phase.

Yep, girls & other stuff came along, gaming took a serious backseat for several years thereafter. As a result, I've no real attachment to anything on PS2. I see its library being one of the best out there, but it's all over my head mostly

o1s1n · 10-10-2018 4:19pm

Same here unfortunately, bought a PS2 in 2001. Also turned 17. I think I mentioned before, but became disillusioned by how much I disliked Metal Gear Solid 2 after years of waiting for it, so just kinda stopped playing. There also wasn't enough of an advancement in how games felt over their PS1 counterparts, I was expecting a much bigger leap at the time.

Only started getting into gaming again when I purchased a Snes on ebay in 2003. Realised that while all my mates were buying new consoles, I could have older ones for pennies, so started hoovering up Snes, Megadrive, NES, n64 and PS1 games.

Inviere · 10-10-2018 4:25pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Only started getting into gaming again when I purchased a Snes on ebay in 2003.

That is precisely how I got back into it too. Bought a Snes on Ebay, then had the brilliant idea of collecting everything I previously owned, which evolved into collecting all the things I had wanted but never owned, and then finally began to collect, well, everything

CiDeRmAn · 10-10-2018 4:29pm

I had a Speccy in 84-87, a break then til 90 when I got a Gameboy, gaming without break ever since.
Collecting since I bought an import DC and then sold it, the guy didn't have the money we'd agreed on, so he gave me €100, a Snes and a Saturn.
I think it was a Snes anyways....

Collecting ever since.

My launch PS2 was p1ss poor for releases, until a year or two in, GTA3 was probably the first game that made you have to have one.
Around the same time you had the Xbox and GC, so it wasn't like there was nothing to play!

The Last Bandit · 10-10-2018 9:15pm

It lives

Bit of a scare at the start as I wasn't getting any Green, apparently these tubes are absolute pieces of junk and prone to burning out the colour cathodes so was fearing the worst.. but some pot tweaking restored it (obviously looks a lot better in person).

eddhorse · 13-10-2018 12:20am

Sounds like a loose solder joint , when it warms up it works.

alpahaeagle · 17-10-2018 12:24pm

Ok guys....

is there anyone here that can fix my c128....

Ok so I have run the diaganotic cartridge and the following it showing as bad....
Stack Page
Screen Ram
Hi Ram Bank1
Hi Ram Bank 0
Blk0-2164
U 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45
Blk1-2164
U 47, 49, 50, 51

So the system is having issues...

CathalDublin · 17-10-2018 2:26pm

Not sure about the Stack page, I'd say its related to the dead ram chips, which anyone with good soldering skills should easily be able to do that, they are 4264 (I believe 4164 are compatible), they are about €4 each on ebay, be a good time to socket and replace the lot them while they are out too

16 chips labelled 11 in this pic

Chardee MacDennis · 17-10-2018 5:57pm

Gone through a bit of a re-shelling phase recently.

My DMG from 1991
Pink AGS 001 now Gold
GBA Clear Blue now Purple with upgraded AGS 101 screen)
Switch with custom Joy Cons

DaveyDave · 20-10-2018 7:49am

Chardee MacDennis wrote: »

Gone through a bit of a re-shelling phase recently.

My DMG from 1991
Pink AGS 001 now Gold
GBA Clear Blue now Purple with upgraded AGS 101 screen)
Switch with custom Joy Cons

Love the name

L1m1tless · 01-11-2018 12:31am

Its alive!

80s Synth Pop · 05-11-2018 11:07am

Audio on a jpac is not well catered for as it needs a separate amp plus there is no option for stereo. I noticed the pi2jamma device has a built in audio amp and taps the 12 v from pin 6 on the jamma board. No idea why the jpac doesn't do this for audio?

So I tried it out soldering the power supply for a small amp directly to the jpac pin 6 (for 12 v) and pin 1 (for ground).

Then I connected the left speaker to the speaker + and - screw terminals on the jpac. This gave perfect sound on the left speaker.

For stereo, it turns out all my stock cabs are wired for stereo on pins 11/M. This doesn't seem to be a jamma standard but that's how my cabs were wired at the factory so it must have been a popular method for stereo. Soldered speaker right+ to jpac pin 11 and speaker right- to jpac pin L. Turned it on and now have full stereo in Qsound games!

The jpac could be much improved if the above alterations were made on to the jpac pcb with an on-board amp included and maybe a toggle switch or jumper for mono/stereo wired cabs.

o1s1n · 06-11-2018 9:42pm

Anyone know if there's any way of sorting a PSU with a dirty supply of electricity?

I found a PSU on ebay for a hardrive I've had sitting around for ages that was set up to run with my Wii. (original PSU got lost in a move)

Here's the one;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Power-Adapter-Ad6008-RS-E02AB-DA-30C01-compatible/362176149250?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D75c8446fcb4c4c0195557d7b2e5a3d0a%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D362176149250%26itm%3D362176149250&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A4e559c06-e204-11e8-9892-74dbd18027b4%7Cparentrq%3Aeac204651660aa415d78c7a8fffb2f7c%7Ciid%3A1

It powers up, drive starts and Wii detects it - one major issue, absolutely insane picture interference!

It especially ramps up when the drive is seeking.

The annoying thing is it's an older style DIN type PSU and I haven't seen any others on ebay.

Edit - feck it, found a much better quality one on ebay. Shame I didn't see that the first time around!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-5V-5-Pin-Power-Adapter-for-AD6008-and-DA-30C01/151203846442?epid=693336493&hash=item233473992a:g:0HkAAOSwe0taDF2Q:rk:2:pf:0

o1s1n · 13-11-2018 11:54pm

Well this is driving me mental.

The seller sent me another PSU, same issue.

Bought a PSU from a totally different seller, same issue again.

The three of them all look pretty similar so it's possible they come from the same Chinese factory.

It's not the harddrive as I had it working perfectly before with the original PSU.

Think I'm just going to have to invest in a new external harddrive !

Doge · 13-11-2018 11:57pm

Best to just get a portable drive which doesn't need a power supply and is powered by usb itself.

Like the WD Passport drives.

o1s1n · 14-11-2018 10:23am

Doge wrote: »

Best to just get a portable drive which doesn't need a power supply and is powered by usb itself.

Like the WD Passport drives.

At this stage I think I'm going to give up on it alright and pick up a USB powered drive instead. Been looking for a HDD to connect up to my Kodi box so I guess I can re purpose this one for that.

CiDeRmAn · 19-11-2018 11:00am

So, re: connecting the NES stick to a Famicom.
I'm after buying a NES controller cable extender on Amazon, so the plan it to cannibalise an existing Famicom controller cable and build an adaptor with it.
Supposed to be dead simple to do as well.

Doge · 19-11-2018 4:32pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, re: connecting the NES stick to a Famicom.
I'm after buying a NES controller cable extender on Amazon, so the plan it to cannibalise an existing Famicom controller cable and build an adaptor with it.
Supposed to be dead simple to do as well.

"Supposed to be dead simple but I'll get Kerbdog to do it!" :pac:

CiDeRmAn · 19-11-2018 6:52pm

Doge wrote: »

"Supposed to be dead simple but I'll get Kerbdog to do it!" :pac:

Well, yes.

On a brighter note, I haven't sold it and re-bought it yet!

Inviere · 19-11-2018 7:55pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Well, yes.

On a brighter note, I haven't sold it and re-bought it yet!

Yet being the operative word

o1s1n · 20-11-2018 1:50pm

Was having a great time playing Metal Black yesterday evening, really getting into it - after an hour of running the sound starts getting distorted and eventually went

Had a look and one of the capacitors around the volume pot looks a little crusty at the bottom, very mild but it's there.

I think it's about time I picked up a decent soldering iron as I seem to be getting to a point where things are breaking down at an accelerated rate. Can only forsee it getting worse!

o1s1n · 21-11-2018 2:31pm

o1s1n wrote: »

At this stage I think I'm going to give up on it alright and pick up a USB powered drive instead. Been looking for a HDD to connect up to my Kodi box so I guess I can re purpose this one for that.

Received a new WD Passport drive last night. Converted it NTFS and sent over some games in WBFS format. USBLoaderGX saw the drive, but not the games.

Did the same again in Fat32, still no games.

Finally formatted the whole drive to WBFS instead and the games appear, however when I try to run them the console freezes.

Have a feeling it's just a power issue so have a USB Y cable on the way.

Still, one step closer to actually having this up and running properly again!

Inviere · 21-11-2018 4:40pm

sugarman wrote: »

Might be a stupid question but had you got it plugged into the right port? I cant remember which is which, but I know only 1 works properly.

That's true, can't remember which but only one port works.

o1s1n · 21-11-2018 5:25pm

Yep! so it only works via the port closest to the side of the console. I get the games coming up and all alright, it's just they don't boot once I select them.

I'd imagine what's happening is once the game boots it's requiring more power from the harddrive and the USB port isn't able to provide it. A Y cable should (hopefully!) sort it out.

CiDeRmAn · 26-11-2018 5:25pm

How many different PS2 Phat model laser assemblies are there?

I have my hardmodded PS2 that doesn't like CDs but I also have a launch PS2 that died following a lightning strike outside.
But the laser assembly should be fine, I wonder if it is transferable?

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